The Most Secret Memory of Men

9.99 JOD

Available on: 2025-05-01 at 3:00 am

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**THE GLOBAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF FRANCE’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, THE PRIX GONCOURTLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS**’A masterpiece’ The Times‘A love letter to literature’ Leïla Slimani‘A rollicking literary mystery … Propulsive’ New YorkerParis, 2018. Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer, discovers a legendary book titled The Maze of Inhumanity. It has an immediate hold over him. No one knows what happened to its author, T.C. Elimane, who was accused of plagiarism, his reputation destroyed by the critics.Obsessed with discovering the truth about Elimane’s disappearance, Faye weaves past and present, countries and continents, to follow the author’s labyrinthine trail from Senegal to Argentina and France and to confront the great tragedies of history.Will he get to the truth at the centre of the maze?’The style as well as the sweep is Bolaño-esque’ Observer‘As enthralling as it is thought-provoking’ Eric Nguyen‘Terrific’ Daily MailTranslated by Lara Vernaud

Additional information

Weight 0.5 kg
Dimensions 3.5 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

496

Publisher

Year Published

2025-5-1

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1529933552

Review Quote

Captivating, precise, sensual prose. A book that will stir your emotions and make you think. A love letter to literature, this novel is already a classic and it will haunt you.

Other text

More than an engrossing investigation into the mysterious author of a cursed book, Sarr's magnificent novel also offers a profound reflection on the resonance of literature in our lives.