Thank you NetGalley and Harper Perennial India for the chance to read and review When The Night Agrees to Speak To Me by Ananda Devi!

This is the first time I’m hearing of Ananda Devi, and this is also the first time I’m reading a book by an author from Mauritius.

“That my tomorrow be a yesterday
Since nothing is left to accomplish
Nothing to build or to destroy
Nothing has already become: Never. “

As a whole this is a small book! Most of the poems are short, and the book also contains an interview with her. I liked the interview because I feel like I got to know her a bit better as a result, and there are a few poems that really stood out to me.