'Not only am I finding the book really fascinating but I'm getting through it really quickly as I'm compelled to turn the pages!'
https://www.instagram.com/p/ChpjzZVoD0Y/?hl=en
'4 stars'
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch7tYSoLqSr/?hl=en
-- @zukythebookbum * Instagram *
'I absolutely flew through it. The short chapters ignite the pace, delivering punch after punch and I found myself mesmerised by Priya's fierce yet beautiful writing. This is one you won't want to miss.'
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkApRfnrcvl/?hl=en
-- @adleilareads * Instagram *
'The premise of this novel feels incredibly timely'
https://www.instagram.com/p/ChpkEiNo0pi/?hl=en
-- @between2books_ * Instagram *
The Selection for the 2022 Literary Season
'A punchy novel that arouses indignation'
https://librairie-quartierlatin.fr/2022/09/10/la-selection-de-la-rentree-litteraire-2022/
* Quartier Latin *
Paradise, Lost: Priya Hein's Riambel
In the span of a mere 160 pages, this extraordinary debut packs rare insight into the trauma and deference seeded by the long reign of capitalism and the white man's whims.
https://www.cardiffreview.com/review/paradise-lost-priya-heins-riambel/
-- Vartika Rastogi * The Cardiff Review *
Priya Hein: 'Laughing loudly' at Riambel
https://www.lexpress.mu/article/413921/priya-hein-rire-en-belle-riambel?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1664170894-1
-- Aline Groeme-Harmon * L'Express *
61 Anticipated African Books of 2023
https://brittlepaper.com/2023/01/61-anticipated-african-books-of-2023/
-- Alesia Alexander * Brittle Paper *
Isele Magazine's Most Anticipated African Books of 2023
https://iselemagazine.com/2023/01/13/isele-magazines-most-anticipated-african-books-of-2023/
* Isele Magazine *
Reads for the Rest of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2023
https://msmagazine.com/2023/01/25/anticipated-feminist-books-2023/
-- Karla J. Strand * Ms. Magazine *
'a vivid, sensory book'
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2023/02/24/browser-how-the-head-of-mi6-tried-to-derail-charles-haugheys-career/
-- Ruth McKee * The Irish Times *
'Riambel by Priya Hein: a sensual and deceptively simple evocation of generational slavery'
https://lucywritersplatform.com/2023/03/07/riambel-by-priya-hein-a-sensual-and-deceptively-simple-evocation-of-generational-slavery/
-- Laetitia Erskine * Lucy Writers *
Shame and Violence: How a history of slavery continues to dictate Mauritian lives
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/riambel-priya-hein-book-review-yagnishsing-dawoor/
-- Yagnishing Dawoor * TLS *