Littérature mauricienne : Les animaux de l'Ile Maurice
Les expériences culturelles que nous prenons tant de plaisir à façonner sont le fruit d'un patient travail de recherche. Pendant des mois, nous explorons les ruelles d'un lieu, nous prenons le temps de la rencontre, nous nous asseyons autour d'un verre de sirop trop sucré et nous écoutons joyeusement nos compagnons nous raconter leur vie. Comme des petites fourmis nous assemblons petit à petit toutes les informations et les histoires de vie, qui deviendront le socle de nos visites guidées.
Pour nourrir notre pensée et étoffer nos contenus, nous lisons aussi beaucoup.
Des ouvrages historiques, sociologiques, ou anthropologiques sur l'Ile Maurice. Des romans écrits par des auteurs mauriciens bien sûr. Des recueils de poèmes. Des rapports oubliés au fond de tiroirs obscurs. Des dissertations de fin d'année d'étudiants à l'université de Maurice. Oui, les rayons de notre bibliothèque sont très variés !
Nous avons eu envie de partager avec vous ces ouvrages sur l'Ile Maurice que nous lisons. Nos livres de chevet ou les nouveautés qui nous ont plu et que nous aimerions vous faire découvrir à votre tour.
Une petite bibliothèque virtuelle.
Poissons de l'île Maurice
Claude Michel. Editions de l'Océan Indien, 1996. FR/EN
Birds of Mauritius
Claude Michel. Editions de l'Océan Indien, 1986. EN
The Dodo and Mauritius Island: Imaginary Encounters
Harri Kallio. Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2005. EN
A wonderful and original tribute to the curious, comical Dodo and the beautiful island of Mauritius. Award-winning Finnish photographer Harri Kallio creates the illusion that these fascinating creatures are alive and abundant, living as they once did in their own unspoiled haven, the island of Mauritius. Accompanied by a thorough history of this extraordinary bird, including eyewitness accounts and pictorial sources, the book was the winner of the 2004 European Publishers’ Award for Photography.
Dodo: The Bird Behind the Legend
Alan Grihault. Imprimerie & Papeterie Commerciale,2005. EN
It took less than a hundred years of human influence in Mauritius to wipe out the Dodo. The delicate balance of nature was suddenly tipped and became a threat to the survival of the Dodo, which had reigned supreme on this island for thousands of years. For nearly two hundred years after its extinction, the Dodo was forgotten, and there were some doubts as to whether it actually lived at all. It seemed that these strange birds had only been part of the imagination and exaggeration of sailors. Today, the once remote island of Mauritius is home top over a million people of European, African, Indian and Chinese origin. It can boast of being one of the most stable democratic countries in the world and it is host to thousands of tourists who find shops full of Dodos in many forms, shapes and sizes. Yet, there is an unfortunate lack of information about this island's unique national icon. This book allows the reader to examine various eyewitness writings, drawings, paintings and skeletal remains, which depict the Dodo as it actually was, and helps us to understand how it was driven to extinction. It also traces what happened after the final demise of the bird, and how worldwide evidence was pieced together to provide a reasonable idea of how the Dodo lived and died.
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