"... a very impressive contribution to discussions of memory in relation to the Holocaust and colonialism in French and Francophone contexts. It is original, erudite, theoretically highly sophisticated and likely to be of immense value in developing debates in the field. It is also very well-written: eloquent and subtle in its expression of and contribution to the theoretical complexities of memory studies." · Ursula Tidd, University of Manchester "In this timely book, Max Silverman deepens our understanding of the transcultural and transnational dynamics of memory. Lucidly written, boldly argued, and wide-ranging in its cultural and theoretical references, Palimpsestic Memory challenges sectarian, competitive approaches to the past. It derives a critical politics of remembrance from an openness to memory's multiple layerings and poetic haunting - its 'palimpsestic' nature. Inspired by early postwar theorists of extreme violence such as Arendt, Cesaire, Fanon, and Rousset,...