{"product_id":"beyond-the-door-of-no-return-9781250338051","title":"Beyond the Door of No Return","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe key to this mysterious woman's identity is Adanson's unpublished memoir of the years he spent in Senegal, concealed in a secret compartment in a chest of drawers.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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250338051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"David Diop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44493268680885,"sku":"9781250338051","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_39cc9ecc-5ac1-45aa-9583-4a4fcba5be7d.jpg?v=1721747798","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/beyond-the-door-of-no-return-9781250338051","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}