The Most Secret Memory Of Men: A Novel,Used

The Most Secret Memory Of Men: A Novel,Used

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A Best Book of 2023 by the New York Times and The New Yorker and Longlisted for the National Book AwardA gripping literary mystery in the vein of Bolaos Savage Detectives, this comingofage novel unravels the fascinating life of a maligned Black author, based on Yambo Ouologuem.The first SubSaharan African winner of Frances top literary prize, the Goncourt.In 2018, Digane 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, Digane 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, Digane 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. Digane grows particularly close to two women: the seductive Siga, who holds so many secrets, and the photojournalist Ada, 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.

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