Beyond the door of no return
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Taylor, Sam, 1970- translator.
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
ISBN
9780374606770, 0374606773
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Florham Park Library - Adult Fiction - New
FICTION DIOP
1 available
FICTION DIOP
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780374606770, 0374606773
Notes
Description
Paris, 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 Maram. The key to this mysterious woman’s identity is Adanson’s unpublished memoir of the years he spent in Senegal, concealed in a secret compartment in a chest of drawers.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 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.
Original Version
First published in France as: ,La porte du voyage sans retour.,2021.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Diop, D., & Taylor, S. (2023). Beyond the door of no return (First American edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Diop, David, 1966- and Sam Taylor. 2023. Beyond the Door of No Return. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Diop, David, 1966- and Sam Taylor. Beyond the Door of No Return Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Diop, David, and Sam Taylor. Beyond the Door of No Return First American edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
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