Over Seas of Memory: A Novel - Softcover

Ferrier, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1496213203 ISBN 13: 9781496213204

Verlag: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

Based loosely on the author&;s life, this novel recounts the narrator&;s journey following the footsteps of his Mauritius-born grandfather, Maxime, who abruptly boarded a boat bound for Madagascar in 1922 and never returned. Michaël Ferrier tells a tale of discovery as well as the elusive, colorful story of Maxime&;s life in Madagascar, which included a stint as an acrobat in a traveling circus and, later, as a diver and artist on marine expeditions. Maxime&;s story is one of adventure but also romance. He falls in love with a refined young Pauline Nuñes, Ferrier&;s grandmother, whose well-to-do family of Indian merchants owns a hotel famous for playing the latest music&;including American jazz&;and throwing popular dances and parties. Over Seas of Memory weaves these personal stories with the island&;s history, including its period as a Vichy-governed territory at the center of what was termed &;Project Madagascar,&; the Nazi plan to relocate Europe&;s Jewish population to the island.

As Ferrier interlaces his family&;s intimate story with the larger story of colonialism&;s lasting and complicated impact&;including the racial and ethnic divisions it fomented&;he engages with critical issues in contemporary France concerning national and cultural identity.
 

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Michaël Ferrier is a professor of French at Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan, and director of the Research Group Figures de l&;Etranger. He is an essayist and the award-winning author of several novels in French. Martin Munro is Winthrop-King professor of French and Francophone studies and director of the Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies at Florida State University. Patrick Chamoiseau is an award-winning author from Martinique. Many of his books have been translated into English, including School Days (Nebraska, 1997) and Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows (Nebraska, 2003).
 
 
 

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1496213203
• ISBN 13: 9781496213204
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 228
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