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Beyond The Door of No Return
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Beyond The Door of No Return
From the author of the International Booker Prize-winning At Night All Blood is Black: a movingand immersive adventure story set in eighteenth century Senegal
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The Door of No Return, on the island of Gorée off the coast of Senegal, is where millions of Africans last touched their home continent's soil before they were transported to slavery in the Americas. When French naturalist Michel Adanson travels to Senegal in 1749, he hears the story of a woman who passed through the door... but then returned. He begins to search for this fabled woman, and soon his search becomes an obsession that leads him on a desperate journey through a land torn apart by slavery.
Set against the backdrop of the Age of Enlightenment and the Atlantic Slave Trade, Beyond The Door of No Return is a thrillingly subversive story of romance and adventure.
Praise for At Night All Blood is Black:
'So incantatory and visceral I don't think I'll ever forget it' - Ali Smith, Guardian
'More than a century after World War I, a great new African writer [has written] a spare yet extraordinary novel about this bloody stain on human history' - Chigozie Obioma, New York Times Book Review
'An extraordinary novel, full of sadness, rage and beauty' - Sarah Waters
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Reviews describe Beyond The Door of No Return as a captivating and luminous narrative that artfully blends historic exploration with African tradition. Critics praise its poetic and masterful storytelling, noting its examination of beauty and brutality during the Atlantic slave trade. Diop is applauded for his command over prose and ability to evoke powerful emotions through a compelling, intergenerational epic.
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ISBN: 9781805331278
Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 October 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pushkin Children's Books
Contributors:
- Translated by Sam Taylor
- Translated by Sam Taylor
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 135.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 224g
Pages: 256
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About the Author
David Diop was born in Paris in 1966 and grew up in Senegal. He now lives in France, where he is a professor of eighteenth century literature at the University of Pau. David's second novel, At Night All Blood is Black, has been translated into more than 30 languages, winning the International Booker Prize and the LA Times Book Prize, as well as major prizes in France, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzlerland and was chosen by Barack Obama as one of his summer reads. The Door of No Return was longlisted for the Goncourt Prize in France.
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