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. Michael 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 Nunes, 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.
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