In the Corridors of Memory

"In the Corridors of Memory" is a gripping tale about the search for the mysterious author of the novel "The Labyrinth of Inhumanity," which caused a storm of emotions in Paris in 1938: some called him the new Arthur Rimbaud, while others accused him of plagiarism. In our days, the book makes an indelible impression on the budding Senegalese writer Diegan Latir Faye, who sets out to discover what happened to this vanished person. A mental journey into the past and reality - tracing the author - immerses Diegan in the details of long-ago dramatic events of the colonial era, World War I, the Holocaust... The novel is a blend of several genres: it is both an intellectual detective story and a coming-of-age tale, a love story, a report, a philosophical essay, a biography, a political pamphlet. It touches on fundamental questions about the connection between creativity and life, about the difficult relationships between African countries and the West. But above all, it is a hymn to love for literature and a celebration of its inexhaustible power.