Lenpas Flanbwayanappears here in print for the first time, accompanied by a translation into English by Shawkat M. Toorawa. Like much of Virahsawmy's oeuvre, this novella engages with questions such as economic development, environmental stewardship, political will, and social justice and inequality. The book opens with a Foreword by noted scholar Francoise Lionnet and closes with a bibliography of Virahsawmy's literary works prepared by Toorawa.

Lenpas Flanbwayan is an ode to Mauritius, a memoir of local people and places, and a parable in defense of our fragile planet. Virahsawmy achieves all of this in a language that is as poetic as it is prophetic, and his intervention contributes to global debates about politics, history, geography and identity. Can literature help us reimagine the future in order to renew our commitment to justice and freedom, to promote change and to protect our habitat? The novella answers with a resounding Yes to this age-old question about the role of writers and artists in the public sphere of democracy. from the Foreword by Francoise Lionnet