Ancestry: A Novel by Simon Mawer (review)
Journal: World Literature Today
Year: 2023

Reviewed by: Ancestry: A Novel by Simon Mawer W. M. Hagen SIMON MAWER Ancestry: A Novel New York. Other Press. 2022. 419 pages. ANYONE WHO’S BEEN to a large family gathering has heard memories turned into stories, stories in which the teller has enlarged on the known facts. We appreciate and tolerate the storytellers because without what they add, the memory would likely not stick in our minds and the story would fall flat. Hence the appeal of a novel in which the author presents the facts he ha