French Guiana: Memory Traces of the Penal Colony

by Patrick Chamoiseau

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"