{"product_id":"beyond-the-door-of-no-return","title":"Beyond the Door of No Return","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBeyond the Door of No Return\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Diop\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250338051\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePicador\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Books of 2023 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe key to this mysterious woman's identity is Adanson's unpublished memoir of the years he spent in Senegal, concealed in a secret compartment in a chest of drawers.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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Beyond the Door of No Return | David Diop | Paperback | 9781250338051 | New | Fiction 1613263","offer_id":50684665037058,"sku":"1613263","price":32.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91gH5dT4xrL.jpg?v=1791433245","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/beyond-the-door-of-no-return","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}