Description 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.
Many of his books have been translated into English, including School Days (Nebraska, 1997) and Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows (Nebraska, 2003)..
Patrick Chamoiseau is an award-winning author from Martinique.
Martin Munro is Winthrop-King professor of French and Francophone studies and director of the Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies at Florida State University.
He is an essayist and the award-winning author of several novels in French.
About the Author Michaël Ferrier is a professor of French at Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan, and director of the Research Group Figures de l\'Etranger.
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.
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.
He falls in love with a refined young Pauline Nu es, 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.
Maxime\'s story is one of adventure but also romance.
Micha l 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.
Description 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
