The Most Secret Memory of Men

A gripping literary mystery in the vein of Bolaño’s The first Sub-Saharan African winner of France’s top literary prize, the Goncourt. In 2018, Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer in Paris, discovers a legendary book from the 1930s, Alongside his investigation, Diégane 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. Diégane grows particularly close to two women: the seductive Siga, who holds so many secrets, and the photojournalist Aïda, impossible to pin down.

Product details

• Authors: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
• Assisted by: Lara Vergnaud (Translation)
• Publisher: Other press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.2023
• EAN: 9781635423273
• ISBN: 978-1-63542-327-3
• No. of pages: 570
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 208 mm x 28 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature