Silent Winds, Dry Seas: A Novel

In the 1950s, Vishnu Bhushan is a young boy yet to learn the truth beyond the rumors of his familys fractured histories--an alliance, as his mother says, of two bankrupt families. In evocative chapters, the first two decades of Vishnus life in Mauritius unfolds with heart wrenching closeness as he battles to experience the world beyond, and the cultural, political, and familial turmoil that hold on to him.\r\n\r\nThrough gorgeous and precise language, Silent Winds, Dry Seas conjures the spirit and rich life of Mauritius, even as its diverse peoples live under colonial rule. Weaving the soaring hopes, fierce love, and heart-breaking tragedies of Vishnus proud Mauritian family together with his countrys turbulent path to gain independence, Busjeet masterfully evokes the epic sweep of history in the intimate moments of a boys life.\r\n\r\nSilent Winds, Dry Seas is a poetic, powerful, and universal novel of identity and place, of the legacies of colonialism, of tradition, modernity, and emigration, and of what a family will sacrifice for its children to thrive.