Alma is a 2017 novel authored by J. M. G. Le Clézio. The French narrator, Jérémie Felsen, travels to Mauritius to investigate his family's ties to slavery and explore the long-extinct dodo bird. The narration switches between Jérémie and Dominique Felsen (also called Dodo), a poor and sick Mauritian.[1][2]
Language | French |
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Series | Collection Blanche |
Genre | novel |
Publisher | Éditions Gallimard |
Publication date | 2017 |
ISBN | 978-2-07-274646-8 |
References
edit- ^ "Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio : "'Alma' est une confession pour moi"". RTL. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ Demorand, Nicolas (5 October 2017). "Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio : "J'ai commencé ce livre il y a 30 ans, en lisant les listes de baptêmes d'esclaves"". France Inter. Retrieved 7 October 2017.