The Most Secret Memory of Men

13 hrs. 30 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

Narrator Ivan Chaban

Description

"In the Caches of Memory" is a captivating story about the search for the mysterious author of the novel “The Labyrinth of Inhumanity,” which caused a storm of emotions in Paris in 1938: some called him the new Arthur Rimbaud, while others accused him of plagiarism. In our days, the book leaves an unforgettable impression on the aspiring Senegalese writer Diegane Latir Faye, and he sets out to find out what happened to this man, who vanished without a trace. A mental journey into the past—and a real one, following in the author’s footsteps—immerses Diegane in the details of long-ago dramatic events of the colonial era, World War I, the Holocaust…

The novel is a blend of several genres: it is an intellectual detective story as well as a coming-of-age tale, a love story, a report, a philosophical essay, a biography, and a political pamphlet. It touches on fundamental questions about the connection between creativity and life, about the difficult relationship between Africa and the West. But above all, it is a hymn to love of literature and a celebration of its inexhaustible power.