Pure Men

“Magnificently translated by Vergnaud…Sarr’s tale presents a blistering critique of homophobia in contemporary Senegal…Sarr’s prose is philosophical, sardonic, witty but most of all, exquisite…Sarr’s characters exude vitality…A heart-wrenching examination of what it means to be an authentic man in patriarchal modern Africa.” —Booklist (starred review)

“Sarr offers a bold challenge to Senegalese norms…Readers will be left with much to ponder.” —Publishers Weekly

Praise for The Most Secret Memory of Men:

A rollicking literary mystery…an aerobatic feat of narrative invention, whirling between noir, fairy tale, satire, and archival fiction in its self-reflexive meditation on the nature of literary legend…propulsive.” —The New Yorker

“[The Most Secret Memory of Men] travels through space and time, from contemporary Paris to postwar Argentina to a Senegalese village. Besides the main narrator, a collection of voices complement one another to form an overall story, as one of the novel’s main goals is to put different realities and traditions ‘on the same level.’” —New York Times