Books by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (4)
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Brotherhood by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr EN
SenegalDescription:
La 4e de couv. indique : "Under the regime of the so-called Brotherhood, two young people are publicly executed for having loved each other. In response, their mothers begin a secret correspondence, their only outlet for the grief they share and each woman's personal reckoning with a leadership that would take her beloved child's life. In this brilliant analysis of tyranny and brutality, Mbougar Sarr explores the ways in which resistance and heroism can often give way to cowardice, all while giving voice to the moral ambiguities and personal struggles involved in each of his characters' search... continue
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Hombres Puros by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr ES
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It all started with a viral video in Senegal. We see how a corpse is dug up, then dragged out of a cemetery by a crowd. As soon as he watches it, Ndéné Gueye, a young literature professor disappointed by teaching and tired of the moral hypocrisy of his society, becomes preoccupied, even obsessed, by this event. Who was it about? Why was the body exhumed? To these questions, there is only one answer: he was a góor-jigéen, a "man-woman". In other words, a homosexual. Ndéné sets out to research this man's past. Around him, in the university environment as well as within his own family, suspicions... continue
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La Mas Recondita Memoria de Los Hombres by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr ES
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1938: African writer T. C Elimane, known as the black Rimbaud, publishes a novel entitled The Labyrinth of the Inhuman. Controversy breaks out, he is accused of plagiarism, the author disappears and his work becomes a cursed book. 2018: the young African writer residing in Paris Diégane Latyr Faye discovers the lost novel and decides to investigate the missing author. With the help of an enigmatic woman and a group of young African writers, the protagonist embarks on a journey in search of a myth and perhaps also of himself. The clues take him to the Buenos Aires of Sur magazine, Gombrowicz an... continue
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The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr EN
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A masterful coming-of-age novel and a gripping investigation into the life of a mysterious author who disappeared without a trace, by the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to be awarded France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt. Paris, 2018. Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer, discovers a legendary book published in 1938 titled The Maze of Inhumanity. No one knows what happened to the author, T.C. Elimane, once referred to as the “Black Rimbaud.” After he was accused of plagiarism, his reputation was destroyed by the critics. He subsequently disappeared without a trace. Curiosity turns ... continue