The Smile of the Bougainville : On Migration, Memory, and the Quiet Arithmetic of Choice
Migration in literature is often framed in absolutes — as escape or arrival, loss or fulfilment. The Smile of the Bougainvillea resists this simplification. Written with composure and psychological acuity, the novel turns its attention to what lies between departure and belonging: the long interim where lives are lived provisionally and choices accumulate their consequences…
