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  1. Over seas of memory
    a novel
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln

    "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,... more

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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 never returned. Ferrier narrates a tale of discovery, weaving personal stories with the island's history"-- 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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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Munro, Martin (ÜbersetzerIn); Chamoiseau, Patrick (VerfasserIn eines Geleitwortes)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1496216040; 1496216024; 9781496216045; 9781496216021
    Subjects: Missing persons; Grandfathers; Grandfathers; Missing persons; Fiction; FICTION ; General
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Notes:

    "Over Seas of Memory was first published in French as Mémoires d'outre-mer. Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2015."