Publish Date |
September 26, 2023 |
Category |
Fiction / Political Fiction / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery |
Price |
$24.99 |
ISBN: 9781668005682
Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: September 26, 2023
“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.”
— LEÏLA SLIMANI, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Watch Us Dance and The Perfect Nanny“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.”
— DAVID DIOP, International Booker Prize–winning author of Beyond the Door of No Return and At Night All Blood Is Black“[L]uminous, vertiginous, and cerebral . . . a political, funny, and sensual work of fiction that readers will devour like if it was a detective fiction with an esoteric flavour.”
— BLAISE NDALA, award-winning author of In the Belly of the Congo“A powerful book, crossed by an epic breath that celebrates the power of literature.”
— ALAIN MABANCKOU, award-winning author of Black Moses“Thanks to translator Lara Vergnaud, English-language readers can seamlessly experience Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s pyrotechnic prose. A labyrinth of a novel, The Most Secret Memory of Men is as enthralling as it is thought-provoking. Sarr is a writer that comes along once in a lifetime.”
— ERIC NGUYEN, award-winning author of Things We Lost to the Water“An ingeniously constructed, ferociously intelligent literary detective novel in the tradition of Roberto Bolaño and Jorge Luis Borges. . . . His comic, piercing, multi-faceted story politicizes the tendency of Europe’s literary establishment to tokenize and then erase marginalized authors. A brilliant, labyrinthine, highly entertaining page-turner, rightly cemented as a contemporary masterpiece by the Prix Goncourt.”
— DIMITRI NASRALLAH, bestselling author of Hotline“Sarr’s inventiveness, his audacity, and the power of his language make this book a declaration of love to literature.”
— Lire“Sarr, thirty-one, is the youngest winner of the Goncourt since 1976. He has become the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to be awarded France’s oldest and most prestigious literary prize thanks to the stunning energy of his novel.”
— The Guardian“This book is written in flamboyant style. It’s a hymn to literature.”
— Prix Goncourt Jury Citation“The impressive ambition and stunning energy of Sarr’s novel carried all before it.”
— Le Monde