The Palimpsest of Memory in Kazuo Ishiguro’s When We Were Orphans
Using as a starting point Kazuo Ishiguro’s traumatic exile and estrangement from his homeland, this paper explores the relationship between memory and trauma in When We Were Orphans. After a brief study of different forms of displacement, the first part focuses on anamnesis and re-enactment as well...
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| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2005-11-01
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| Series: | Études Britanniques Contemporaines |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/13822 |