{"product_id":"beyond-the-door-of-no-return-paperback","title":"Beyond the Door of No Return - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Diop\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSam Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Books of 2023 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2023 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a best book of the year by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A hypnotic, powerful historical novel in which stories nest within one another like dolls . . . It all coheres mesmerizingly.\" --Clémence Michallon, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Stunningly realized . . . Exquisite . . . A spellbinding novel.\" --Maaza Mengiste, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe thrilling and deeply moving new novel by David Diop, winner of the International Booker Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis, 1806. The renowned botanist Michel Adanson lies on his deathbed, the masterwork to which he dedicated his life still incomplete. As he expires, the last word to escape his lips is a woman's name: Maram. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe key to this mysterious woman's identity is Adanson's unpublished memoir of the years he spent in Senegal, concealed in a secret compartment in a chest of drawers. Therein lies a story as fantastical as it is tragic: Maram, it turns out, is none other than the fabled revenant. A young woman of noble birth from the kingdom of Waalo, Maram was sold into slavery but managed to escape from the Island of Gorée--a major embarkation point of the transatlantic slave trade--to a small village hidden in the forest. While on a research expedition in West Africa as a young man, Adanson hears the story of the revenant and becomes obsessed with finding her. Accompanied by his guide, he ventures deep into the Senegalese bush on a journey that reveals not only the savagery of the French colonial occupation but also the unlikely transports of the human heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with sensitivity and narrative flair, David Diop's \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Door of No Return \u003c\/i\u003eis a love story like few others. Drawing on the richness and lyricism of Senegal's oral traditions, Diop has constructed a historical epic of the highest order.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Diop\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAt Night All Blood Is Black\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the International Booker Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction. Born in Paris and raised in Senegal, he is a professor of literature at the University of Pau, where his research encompasses topics including eighteenth-century French literature and European representations of Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Taylor \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning literary translator and novelist. He has translated more than sixty books from the French, including Laurent Binet's \u003ci\u003eHHhH \u003c\/i\u003eand Leïla Slimani's \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Nanny\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752427815200,"sku":"9781250338051","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1a50a90c4b08d276a2746325df11218e.webp?v=1779995587","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/beyond-the-door-of-no-return-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}