Anam
Dao, André, 1988-2023
Book
A grandson tries to learn the family story. But what kind of story is it? Is it a prison memoir, about the grandfather imprisoned without charge or trial by a revolutionary government? Is it an oral history of the grandmother left behind to look after the children? Or is it a love story? A detective tale? Moving from 1930s Hanoi through a series of never-ending wars and displacements to Saigon, Paris, Melbourne and Cambridge, Anam is a novel about memory and inheritance, colonialism and belonging, home and exile. Anam blends fiction and essay, theory and everyday life to imagine that which has been repressed, left out, and forgotten.
Main title:
Anam / André Dao.
Author:
Dao, André, 1988-, author
Work:
Imprint:
[Camberwell, Victoria] : Hamish Hamilton (Australia), 2023.©2023
Collation:
344 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781761046940 ((paperback))1761046942 ((paperback))
Dewey class:
F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1853046