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Frême is a young African man forced into slavery on Réunion, an island east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Plagued by memories of his childhood sweetheart, a white woman named Marie, Frême seeks her out--but when they are persecuted for their love, the two flee into the forest. There they meet other ""maroons"" formerly enslaved people and courageous rebels who have chosen freedom at the risk of their lives. Now available in English for the first time, The Maroons highlights slavery's abject conditions under the French empire, and attests to the widespread phenomenon of enslaved people escaping captivity to forge a new life beyond the reach of so-called ""civilization."" Banned by colonial authorities at the time of its publication in 1844, the book fell into obscurity for over a century before its rediscovery in the 1970s. Since its first reissue, the novel has been recognized for its extraordinary historical significance and literary quality. Presented here in a sensitive translation by Aqiil Gopee with Jeffrey Diteman, and with a keen introduction by journalist and author Shenaz Patel, The Maroons is a vital resource for rethinking the nineteenth-century canon, and a fascinating account of the struggle for freedom and social justice.

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Louis Timagene Houat was a nineteenth century French writer and physician. Originally from Bourbon Island, now known as La Reunion, he was the author of the first novel in Reunionese literature, Les Marrons, which he published in Paris in 1844. Aqiil Gopee is a Mauritian writer and poet with degrees in religion from Amherst College and Harvard, where he also trained in archaeology. He has published numerous short stories and poems, having won the first prize of prestigious Prix du Jeune Ecrivain in 2023 for his short-story ""Insectarium."" Aqiil Gopee is a Mauritian writer and poet with degrees in religion from Amherst College and Harvard, where he also trained in archaeology. He has published numerous short stories and poems, having won the first prize of prestigious Prix du Jeune Ecrivain in 2023 for his short-story ""Insectarium."" Jaime Lincoln Smith, a first-generation Jamaican American, raised in Bloomfield, Connecticut, is an actor, writer, producer, and educator. He has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in numerous regional theaters across the country. He has enjoyed success on television and film as well, guest-starring in shows such as Law & Order, Bull, and NCIS: New Orleans, to name a few. As a narrator, he is the recipient of a 2022 AudioFile Earphones Award as well as the 2022 Audie Award in the YA category. Jaime Lincoln Smith, a first-generation Jamaican American, raised in Bloomfield, Connecticut, is an actor, writer, producer, and educator. He has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in numerous regional theaters across the country. He has enjoyed success on television and film as well, guest-starring in shows such as Law & Order, Bull, and NCIS: New Orleans, to name a few. As a narrator, he is the recipient of a 2022 AudioFile Earphones Award as well as the 2022 Audie Award in the YA category. Shenaz Patel is a journalist and writer from the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. As a journalist, she has been a Reuter fellow and worked as editor in chief of a political newspaper before setting up the arts, culture, and society section of Week End, a leading Mauritian weekly newspaper. Shenaz Patel is a journalist and writer from the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. As a journalist, she has been a Reuter fellow and worked as editor in chief of a political newspaper before setting up the arts, culture, and society section of Week End, a leading Mauritian weekly newspaper. Jeffrey Diteman is a literary scholar and translator working in French, Spanish, and English. He has translated the writing of Pablo Martin Sanchez, Raymond Queneau, and Amalialu Posso Figueroa, and regularly translates journalism and children's literature.

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