Alma

About “Alma”

Alma is a 2017 novel by J. M. G. Le Clézio. The story follows Jérémie Felsen, a French narrator who travels to Mauritius to examine his family's connections to slavery and to study the extinct dodo bird. The narrative alternates between Jérémie’s perspective and that of Dominique Felsen, a poor and sick Mauritian character. The novel explores themes of history, identity, and memory through these two viewpoints. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)