THE GLOBAL LITERARY QUEST BESTSELLER
'A masterpiece' The Times
'The style as well as the sweep is Bolaño-esque' Observer
Paris, 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 the 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, following the author's labyrinthine trail from Senegal to Argentina and France and confronting the great tragedies of history.
Will he get to the truth at the centre of the maze?
A gripping literary quest novel and a masterpiece of perpetual reinvention, The Most Secret Memory of Men confronts the impact of colonialism and neo-colonialism, the holocaust in Europe, dictatorships in South America and the Caribbean, genocide in Africa, and collaboration and resistance everywhere. Above all, it is a love song to literature and its timeless power.
WINNER OF FRANCE'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, THE PRIX GONCOURT
Translated by Lara Vernaud.
"A masterpiece" - The Times
"Sarr’s dizzying display of reference ... plays a witty game with French and world literature ... This effervescence is infectious and casts its charm in times nostalgic for a belief in books and the communities they create." - Times Literary Supplement
"Sarr’s incisive critique never relents… a brilliant effort at welcoming readers into the work of an author whose career was interrupted" - Guardian
"A literary quest… The style as well as the sweep is Bolañoesque: surreal metaphors, multi-page dream descriptions" - Observer
"Ambitious and playful" - Economist
"Funny, sharp takes on questions of identity add grit to an inventive tribute to literature's timeless potency" - Mail on Sunday
"This marvellous novel is part gripping literary mystery and part disquisition on being a black author in a predominantly white culture… the reader is drawn into a skilfully drawn reconstruction of French literary history in which ideas of authenticity, power, race and fame are wittily deconstructed. Terrific" - Daily Mail
"A rollicking literary mystery ... An aerobatic feat of narrative invention, whirling between noir, fairy tale, satire, and archival fiction in its self-reflexive meditation on the nature of literary legend ... Propulsive." - New Yorker
"[The Most Secret Memory of Men] travels through space and time, from contemporary Paris to postwar Argentina to a Senegalese village. Besides the main narrator, a collection of voices complement one another to form an overall story, as one of the novel’s main goals is to put different realities and traditions ‘on the same level." - New York Times
"Brilliantly executed ... A rich narrative about art as a lasting marker of ephemeral individual existence. Literary mystery fans will be captivated." - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Sarr investigates with keen psychological detail ... [The Most Secret Memory of Men] justifies itself as the winner of the 2021 Prix Goncourt, one of France’s most prestigious literary prizes ... A novel of undoubtable prowess." - Kirkus Reviews
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'A masterpiece' The Times
'The style as well as the sweep is Bolaño-esque' Observer
Paris, 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 the 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, following the author's labyrinthine trail from Senegal to Argentina and France and confronting the great tragedies of history.
Will he get to the truth at the centre of the maze?
A gripping literary quest novel and a masterpiece of perpetual reinvention, The Most Secret Memory of Men confronts the impact of colonialism and neo-colonialism, the holocaust in Europe, dictatorships in South America and the Caribbean, genocide in Africa, and collaboration and resistance everywhere. Above all, it is a love song to literature and its timeless power.
WINNER OF FRANCE'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, THE PRIX GONCOURT
Translated by Lara Vernaud.
"A masterpiece" - The Times
"Sarr’s dizzying display of reference ... plays a witty game with French and world literature ... This effervescence is infectious and casts its charm in times nostalgic for a belief in books and the communities they create." - Times Literary Supplement
"Sarr’s incisive critique never relents… a brilliant effort at welcoming readers into the work of an author whose career was interrupted" - Guardian
"A literary quest… The style as well as the sweep is Bolañoesque: surreal metaphors, multi-page dream descriptions" - Observer
"Ambitious and playful" - Economist
"Funny, sharp takes on questions of identity add grit to an inventive tribute to literature's timeless potency" - Mail on Sunday
"This marvellous novel is part gripping literary mystery and part disquisition on being a black author in a predominantly white culture… the reader is drawn into a skilfully drawn reconstruction of French literary history in which ideas of authenticity, power, race and fame are wittily deconstructed. Terrific" - Daily Mail
"A rollicking literary mystery ... An aerobatic feat of narrative invention, whirling between noir, fairy tale, satire, and archival fiction in its self-reflexive meditation on the nature of literary legend ... Propulsive." - New Yorker
"[The Most Secret Memory of Men] travels through space and time, from contemporary Paris to postwar Argentina to a Senegalese village. Besides the main narrator, a collection of voices complement one another to form an overall story, as one of the novel’s main goals is to put different realities and traditions ‘on the same level." - New York Times
"Brilliantly executed ... A rich narrative about art as a lasting marker of ephemeral individual existence. Literary mystery fans will be captivated." - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Sarr investigates with keen psychological detail ... [The Most Secret Memory of Men] justifies itself as the winner of the 2021 Prix Goncourt, one of France’s most prestigious literary prizes ... A novel of undoubtable prowess." - Kirkus Reviews
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