Michael Ferrier Over Seas of Memory: A Novel 9781496213204

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Автор: Michael Ferrier
Название: Over Seas of Memory: A Novel
ISBN: 9781496213204
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Биографии: общее жизнеописание

Модернистская и современная художественная литература

ISBN-10: 1496213203
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 228
Вес: 0.29 кг.
Дата издания: 01.06.2019
Язык: English
Размер: 216 x 140 x 13
Ключевые слова: Biography: general,Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary,FICTION / Biographical
Подзаголовок: A novel
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Поставляется из: Англии
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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.

Дополнительное описание:

Foreword
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

Over Seas of Memory: A Novel, Michael Ferrier