Over seas of memory : a novel /

"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&#...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ferrier, Michaël (Author)
Other Authors: Munro, Martin (Translator), Chamoiseau, Patrick (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Grandfathers > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Grands-pères > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Personnes disparues > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
FICTION > General.
Grandfathers.
Missing persons.
Fiction.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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