- Published: 20 February 2024
- ISBN: 9781787303737
- Imprint: Harvill Secker
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 496
- RRP: $38.00
The Most Secret Memory of Men
- Published: 20 February 2024
- ISBN: 9781787303737
- Imprint: Harvill Secker
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 496
- RRP: $38.00
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, bestselling author of LULLABY
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 AT NIGHT ALL BLOOD IS BLACK
A powerful book, crossed by an epic breath that celebrates the power of literature.
Alain Mabanckou, 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, author of THINGS WE LOST TO THE WATER
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 masterpiece
The Times
Funny, sharp takes on questions of identity add grit to an inventive tribute to literature's timeless potency
Mail on Sunday
A literary quest… The style as well as the sweep is Bolañoesque: surreal metaphors, multi-page dream descriptions
Observer
Sarr’s incisive critique never relents… a brilliant effort at welcoming readers into the work of an author whose career was interrupted
Guardian