Abstract
ABSTRACTIn his 2012 novel Anima, Lebanese-born French-Canadian author, playwright, and actor, Wajdi Mouawad, presents a complex history of trauma to the reader. His protagonist Wahhch Debch undertakes a journey to hunt down a man who is in fact a monster. The narrative explores the question of what it means to be human through the use of a rich variety of animals endowed with speech, although remaining part of their usual habitus. His dizzying use of narrative codes and multilingualism mirrors the story. As the story unfolds, connections come to light between a settlement of Native Americans, slights borne by French Canadians, and the slaughter of Palestinians. Wahhch's trip through North America echoes his own inward journey and quest for the roots from which he has forever been separated, symbolizing a psychic transformation made effective through literature.
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