Books like Darwin's ghosts by Ariel Dorfman
On his fourteenth birthday, Fitzroy Foster receives a Polaroid in which an unfamiliar figure appears beside his father. Together with his childhood sweetheart, he embarks on a voyage to identify this stranger, uncovering a dark chapter in his own family’s history. The novel interweaves fact and fiction to trace the involvement of his ancestors in the sordid world of 19th‑century European human zoos, exposing the stolen lives of indigenous people who were paraded as curiosities. Through this journey, the story examines memory, empathy, and the quest for identity.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Ariel Dorfman
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