Sarr, Mohamed Mbougar

The Silence of the Choir -- Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Paperback

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A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024


FROM THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF THE MOST SECRET MEMORY OF MEN


A polyphonic tale of immigration and community by "the most promising Senegalese writer of his generation" (Le Monde) and winner of the 2021 Prix Goncourt


Seventy-two men arrive in the middle of the Sicilian countryside. They are "immigrants," "refugees" or "migrants." But in Altino, they're called the ragazzi, the "guys" that the Santa Marta Association have taken responsibility for. In this small Sicilian town, their arrival changes life for everybody.


While they wait to know their fate, the ragazzi encounter all kinds of people: a strange vicar who rewrites their pasts, a woman committed to ensuring them asylum, a man determined to fight against it, an older ragazzo who has become an interpreter, and a reclusive poet who no longer writes.


Each character in this moving and important saga is forced to reflect on what it means to encounter people they know nothing about. They watch as a situation unfolds over which they have little control or insight. A story told through a growing symphony of voices that ends only when one final voice brings silence to the choir.




Author: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 05/14/2024
Pages: 372
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.20w x 1.26d
ISBN: 9798889660200

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/25/2024
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2024
Booklist 05/15/2024 pg. 16

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