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(0)Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
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English
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The first Sub-Saharan African winner of France's top literary prize, the Goncourt.
In 2018, Diegane 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, Diegane decides to search for T.C. Elimane, going down a path that will force him to confront...
2) Brotherhood
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Language
English
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Description
"A novel about cowardice and courage in the face of repression, from a powerful new voice of French-African literature. The imaginary country of Sumal is a happy place, until, that is, it's taken hostage by a fundamentalist jihadist organization called The Brotherhood. The populace quickly becomes locked in a climate of violence, falling under the control of the militias as they impose silence, terror and the most rigid moral laws. Prohibitions and...
Author
Series
Panorama de narrativas volume 1083
Publisher
Editorial Anagrama
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
"Una novela perdida. Un escritor maldito. Una búsqueda. Un viaje iniciático. La resolución de un misterio. 1938: el escritor africano T. C Elimane, al que llamaban «el Rimbaud negro», publica una novela titulada El laberinto de lo inhumano. Estalla la polémica, se le acusa de plagio, se arma un gran escándalo, el autor desaparece y su obra se convierte en un libro maldito. 2018: el joven escritor africano residente en París Diégane Latyr...
Author
Publisher
Philippe Rey
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Français
Description
"En 2018, Diégane Latyr Faye, jeune écrivain sénégalais, découvre à Paris un livre mythique, paru en 1938 : Le labyrinthe de l'inhumain. On a perdu la trace de son auteur, qualifié en son temps de 'Rimbaud nègre', depuis le scandale que déclencha la parution de son texte. Diégane s'engage alors, fasciné, sur la piste du mystérieux T.C. Elimane, se confrontant aux grandes tragédies que sont le colonialisme ou la Shoah. Du Sénégal à...