French Guiana: Memory Traces of the Penal Colony

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A top francophone writer explores postcolonial amnesia in a long-overdue translation from Matt Reeck

Hailed by Milan Kundera as "an heir of Joyce and Kafka," Prix Goncourt winner Patrick Chamoiseau is among the leading Francophone writers today. With most of his novels having appeared in English, this book opens a new window on his oeuvre. A moving poetic essay that bears witness to the forgotten history of the French penal colony...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0819579300

ISBN13:9780819579300

Release Date:March 2020

Publisher:Wesleyan University Press

Length:120 Pages

Weight:0.72 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.9" x 8.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

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