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Over seas of memory : a novel
- Title
- Over seas of memory : a novel / Michaël Ferrier ; translated by Martin Munro ; foreword by Patrick Chamoiseau.
- Author
- Ferrier, Michaël
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xi, 211 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Series Statement
- French Voices
- Uniform Title
- Mémoires d'outre-mer. English
- Alternative Title
- Mémoires d'outre-mer.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Note
- "Over Seas of Memory was first published in French as Mémoires d'outre-mer. Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2015."
- Awards (note)
- Winner of the French Voices Award
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-2816
- ISBN
- 9781496213204
- 1496213203
- LCCN
- 2018046957
- 40029110094
- OCLC
- 1064216846
- Author
- Ferrier, Michaël, author.
- Title
- Over seas of memory : a novel / Michaël Ferrier ; translated by Martin Munro ; foreword by Patrick Chamoiseau.
- Publisher
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- French Voices
- Awards
- Winner of the French Voices Award
- Added Author
- Munro, Martin, translator.Chamoiseau, Patrick, writer of foreword.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40029110094
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-2816