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In the recesses of memory

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In the recesses of memory
14.99 €

In the Hiding Places of Memory is a gripping account of the search for the mysterious author of The Labyrinth of Inhumanity, a novel that caused a stir in Paris in 1938, with some calling him the new Arthur Rimbaud and others accusing him of plagiarism. Nowadays, the book makes an indelible impression on an aspiring Senegalese writer Diegan Latir Faye, and he sets out to find out what happened to this man who disappeared without a trace. A mental journey into the past and a real one - following in the author's footsteps - plunges Diegan into the details of long ago dramatic events of the colonial era, the First World War, the Holocaust... The novel is a blend of several genres: it is an intellectual detective, a coming-of-age story, a love story, a reportage, a philosophical essay, a biography, and a political pamphlet. It raises fundamental questions about the relationship between creation and life, about the difficult relationship between Africa and the West. But first and foremost it is a hymn to the love of literature and a glorification of its inexhaustible...

A hymn to the love of literature and a glorification of its inexhaustible...

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