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Over seas of memory : a novel
Mémoires d'outre-mer. English
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"In this novel based loosely on the author's life, the narrator traces the colorful story of his Mauritius-born grandfather, Maxime, who abruptly boarded a boat bound for Madagascar in 1922 and nev...
"In this novel based loosely on the author's life, the narrator traces the colorful story of his Mauritius-born grandfather, Maxime, who abruptly boarded a boat bound for Madagascar in 1922 and never returned. Ferrier narrates a tale of discovery, weaving personal stories with the island's history"--
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- Creator
- Michaël Ferrier ; translated by Martin Munro ; foreword by Patrick Chamoiseau
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- English
- Publication
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- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
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- xi, 211 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 1496213203, 9781496216021, 1496216024, 9781496216038, 9781496216045, 9781496213204, 1496216040
- OCLC
- on1064216846
- "Over Seas of Memory was first published in French as Mémoires d'outre-mer. Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2015."
- A man leaving -- France and its offshoots -- The red circus -- In praise of the acrobat -- Boxing by the waterside -- Queer-looking specimen -- Mixed-race montaigne -- The colonial specter -- Creole jazz band -- Presences of the plague -- The madagascar project -- The war of the airwaves -- Walkway of lonely death