{"title":"Mohamed Mbougar Sarr","description":"Mohamed Mbougar Sarr was born in Dakar in 1990. He studied literature and philosophy at the ﾉcole des Hautes ﾉtudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Brotherhood, his first novel, won the Grand Prix du Roman M騁is, the Prix Ahmadou Kourouma, and the French Voices Grand Prize. The president of Senegal named him a Chevalier of the National Order of Merit. He won the 2021 Goncourt Prize for his novel The Most Secret Memory of Men, becoming the first sub-Saharan African to do so.","products":[{"product_id":"the-silence-of-the-choir-paperback","title":"The Silence of the Choir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003cem\u003e PUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/em\u003e MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHE MOST SECRET MEMORY OF MEN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA polyphonic tale of immigration and community by \"the most promising Senegalese writer of his generation\" (\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e) and winner of the 2021 Prix Goncourt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventy-two men arrive in the middle of the Sicilian countryside. They are \"immigrants,\" \"refugees\" or \"migrants.\" But in Altino, they're called the \u003cem\u003eragazzi\u003c\/em\u003e, the \"guys\" that the Santa Marta Association have taken responsibility for. In this small Sicilian town, their arrival changes life for everybody.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile they wait to know their fate, the \u003cem\u003eragazzi\u003c\/em\u003e encounter all kinds of people: a strange vicar who rewrites their pasts, a woman committed to ensuring them asylum, a man determined to fight against it, an older \u003cem\u003eragazzo\u003c\/em\u003e who has become an interpreter, and a reclusive poet who no longer writes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach character in this moving and important saga is forced to reflect on what it means to encounter people they know nothing about. They watch as a situation unfolds over which they have little control or insight. 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No one knows what became of its author, once hailed as the \"Black Rimbaud,\" after the book caused a scandal. Enthralled by this mystery, Di馮ane decides to search for T.C. Elimane, going down a path that will force him to confront the great tragedies of history, from colonialism to the Holocaust. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside his investigation, Di馮ane 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. Di馮ane grows particularly close to two women: the seductive Siga, who holds so many secrets, and the photojournalist A?a, impossible to pin down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Most Secret Memory of Men\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing novel about the choice between living and writing, and the desire to transcend the divide between Africa and the West. 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