The Most Secret Memory of Men (CD) (ISBN-13: 9798874639945)

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD The first Sub-Saharan African winner of France's top literary prize, the Goncourt. In 2018, Di馮ane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer in Paris, discovers a legendary book from the 1930s, The Labyrinth of Inhumanity. No one knows what became of its author, once hailed as the "Black Rimbaud," after the book caused a scandal. Enthralled by this mystery, Di馮ane decides to search for T.C. Elimane, going down a path that will force him to confront the great tragedies of history, from colonialism to the Holocaust. Alongside his investigation, Di馮ane becomes part of a group of young African writers in Paris. Together they talk, drink, make love, philosophize about the role of exile in artistic creation. Di馮ane grows particularly close to two women: the seductive Siga, who holds so many secrets, and the photojournalist A?a, impossible to pin down. The Most Secret Memory of Men is an astonishing novel about the choice between living and writing, and the desire to transcend the divide between Africa and the West. Above all, it is an ode to literature and its timelessness.

Author: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
ISBN-10: 8874639945
ISBN-13: 9798874639945
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Language: English
Published: 03/12/2024
Format: CD