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CATEGORIES:Book Discussion Group
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CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
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DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=63323\n\nJoin the Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee
  and Old Town Books in celebrating French authors and literature! \n\nThi
 s special collaboration event is free and open to the public\, but space 
 is limited so please register in advance at Alexandriava.gov/Shop. This e
 vent is designed to encourage the exploration of non-Anglophone authors a
 nd books\, especially those in the French diaspora.  While buying the boo
 k at Old Town Books is not required to attend\, doing so helps keep their
  free literary programming sustainable! By attending an Old Town Books ev
 ent\, you are agreeing to their code of conduct.  \n\nAbout the book:  Th
 e Most Secret Memory of Men holds the distinction of being the 2021 winne
 r of the Prix Goncourt\, France's top literary award. Written by Mohamed 
 Mbougar Sarr\, the Goncourt's first Sub-Saharan African winner\, and tran
 slated by Lara Vergnaud\, in this coming-of-age novel\, Di?gane Latyr Fay
 e\, a young Senegalese writer in Paris\, discovers a legendary book from 
 the 1930s\, The Labyrinth of Inhumanity. No one knows what became of its 
 author\, once hailed as the "Black Rimbaud\," after the book caused a sca
 ndal. Enthralled by this mystery\, Di?gane decides to search for T.C. Eli
 mane\, going down a path that will force him to confront the great traged
 ies of history\, from colonialism to the Holocaust. The Most Secret Memor
 y of Men is an astonishing novel about the choice between living and writ
 ing\, and the desire 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\, Muse
 ums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Sister Cities\n\nWeb resourc
 es:\n\nFree Event Registration Online Here\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov
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 a-Caen Sister City Committee and Old Town Books in celebrating French aut
 hors and literature! \n<br />\n<br />This special collaboration event is 
 free and open to the public\, but space is limited so please register in 
 advance at Alexandriava.gov/Shop. This event is designed to encourage the
  exploration of non-Anglophone authors and books\, especially those in th
 e French diaspora.  While buying the book at Old Town Books is not requir
 ed to attend\, doing so helps keep their free literary programming sustai
 nable! By attending an Old Town Books event\, you are agreeing to their c
 ode of conduct.  \n<br />\n<br />About the book:  The Most Secret Memory 
 of Men holds the distinction of being the 2021 winner of the Prix Goncour
 t\, France?s top literary award. Written by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr\, the Go
 ncourt?s first Sub-Saharan African winner\, and translated by Lara Vergna
 ud\, in this coming-of-age novel\, Di&#233\;gane Latyr Faye\, a young Sen
 egalese writer in Paris\, discovers a legendary book from the 1930s\, The
  Labyrinth of Inhumanity. No one knows what became of its author\, once h
 ailed as the ?Black Rimbaud\,? after the book caused a scandal. Enthralle
 d by this mystery\, Di&#233\;gane decides to search for T.C. Elimane\, go
 ing down a path that will force him to confront the great tragedies of hi
 story\, from colonialism to the Holocaust. The Most Secret Memory of Men 
 is an astonishing novel about the choice between living and writing\, and
  the desire to transcend the divide between Africa and the West. Above al
 l\, it is an ode to literature and its timelessness.\n<br />\n<br />Locat
 ion: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St.\n<br />Tags: Book Discussion Gro
 up\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Sister Cities<
 br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx">Free Event Regis
 tration Online Here</a><br>\n
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