Patrick Chamoiseau Recovering Memory

MCCUSKER

ISBN 10: 1846316863 / ISBN 13: 9781846316869

Published by LIVERPOOL U P, 2011

About this Item

reprint edition. 184 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Patrick Chamoiseau Recovering Memory
• Publisher: LIVERPOOL U P
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846316863
• ISBN 13: 9781846316869
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.3 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

This timely new book skilfully examines the work of the award-winning writer Patrick Chamoiseau. Considered by many as one of the most innovative writers to hit the French literary scene in over 40 years, Chamoiseau made his name with his book Texaco (published in 1992 and winner of the highest literary prize in France, the Prix Goncourt). His books have gone on to sell millions and his work has been translated by a number of academic presses. McCusker sets the author in context, providing a valuable contribution to ‘memory studies’ by looking at literary representation of memory in Martinique, a society founded on slavery but now politically assimilated to the metropolitan centre, France.

About the Author

Maeve McCusker is lecturer in French Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. She is currently the French Caribbean editor for The Year’s Work in Modern Languages Studies, and is on the editorial committee of the ASCALF Bulletin. She is secretary of ADEFFI (Association des études françaises et francophones d’Irlande).