Chimerica — Anita Felicelli

In the the fictional country of Chimerica, down-and-out Tamil American trial lawyer Maya Ramesh fights to save a painted lemur come to life, and in settings that range from Oakland, California, to a Malagasy rain forest, becomes a champion for them both. In magical realist tradition Anita Felicelli' s sprawling and satiric novel, Chimerica, looks at the inherent absurdities that drive systems of culture, power, and law. Fans of Marquez, Kelly Link, and Helen Oyeyemi will find Chimerica a spirited investigation of the ways in which art is codified and commodified -- a contemporary philosophical, non-ideological novel about art, originality, and Americanculture.