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 y info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=6
 3323\n\nJoin the Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee and Old Town Books
  in celebrating French authors and literature! \n\nThis special collabora
 tion event is free and open to the public\, but space is limited so pleas
 e register in advance at Alexandriava.gov/Shop. This event is designed to
  encourage the exploration of non-Anglophone authors and books\, especial
 ly those in the French diaspora.  While buying the book at Old Town Books
  is not required to attend\, doing so helps keep their free literary prog
 ramming sustainable! By attending an Old Town Books event\, you are agree
 ing to their code of conduct.  \n\nAbout the book:  The Most Secret Memor
 y of Men holds the distinction of being the 2021 winner of the Prix Gonco
 urt\, France's top literary award. Written by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr\, the 
 Goncourt's first Sub-Saharan African winner\, and translated by Lara Verg
 naud\, in this coming-of-age novel\, Di?gane Latyr Faye\, a young Senegal
 ese writer in Paris\, discovers a legendary book from the 1930s\, The Lab
 yrinth of Inhumanity. No one knows what became of its author\, once haile
 d as the "Black Rimbaud\," after the book caused a scandal. Enthralled by
  this mystery\, Di?gane decides to search for T.C. Elimane\, going down a
  path that will force him to confront the great tragedies of history\, fr
 om colonialism to the Holocaust. The Most Secret Memory of Men is an asto
 nishing novel about the choice between living and writing\, and the desir
 e to transcend the divide between Africa and the West. Above all\, it is 
 an ode to literature and its timelessness.\n\nLocation: Lloyd House\, 220
  N. Washington St.\nTags: Book Discussion Group\, Museums\, Old & Histori
 c Alexandria\, Old Town\, Sister Cities\n\nWeb resources:\n\nFree Event R
 egistration Online Here\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n
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 r/Detail.aspx?si=63323</a><br />\n<br />Join the Alexandria-Caen Sister C
 ity Committee and Old Town Books in celebrating French authors and litera
 ture! \n<br />\n<br />This special collaboration event is free and open t
 o the public\, but space is limited so please register in advance at Alex
 andriava.gov/Shop. This event is designed to encourage the exploration of
  non-Anglophone authors and books\, especially those in the French diaspo
 ra.  While buying the book at Old Town Books is not required to attend\, 
 doing so helps keep their free literary programming sustainable! By atten
 ding an Old Town Books event\, you are agreeing to their code of conduct.
   \n<br />\n<br />About the book:  The Most Secret Memory of Men holds th
 e distinction of being the 2021 winner of the Prix Goncourt\, France?s to
 p literary award. Written by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr\, the Goncourt?s first 
 Sub-Saharan African winner\, and translated by Lara Vergnaud\, in this co
 ming-of-age novel\, Di&#233\;gane Latyr Faye\, a young Senegalese writer 
 in Paris\, discovers a legendary book from the 1930s\, The Labyrinth of I
 nhumanity. No one knows what became of its author\, once hailed as the ?B
 lack Rimbaud\,? after the book caused a scandal. Enthralled by this myste
 ry\, Di&#233\;gane decides to search for T.C. Elimane\, going down a path
  that will force him to confront the great tragedies of history\, from co
 lonialism to the Holocaust. The Most Secret Memory of Men is an astonishi
 ng novel about the choice between living and writing\, and the desire to 
 transcend the divide between Africa and the West. Above all\, it is an od
 e to literature and its timelessness.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Lloyd Hous
 e\, 220 N. Washington St.\n<br />Tags: Book Discussion Group\, Museums\, 
 Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Sister Cities<br>\n<a href="h
 ttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx">Free Event Registration Online 
 Here</a><br>\n
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