Mohamed Mbougar Sarr: Pure Men, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Pure Men
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- Übersetzung:
- Lara Vergnaud
- Verlag:
- Other Press (NY), 06/2026
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781635424706
- Artikelnummer:
- 12453420
- Umfang:
- 192 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 367 g
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 2.6.2026
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
A young professor grapples with homophobia in Muslim Senegal in this searching, heart-wrenching novel from the National Book Award--longlisted author of The Most Secret Memory of Men.
A viral video makes the rounds in Dakar, showing an incensed crowd that gathers to dig up a grave and drag the corpse from holy ground. When Ndéné, a French literature teacher, watches it, he's surprisingly affected. Who was this man, and what could he have done to deserve such a fate? The answer soon becomes clear: he was a "góor-jigéen," one of the so-called "men-women," the shameful label given to homosexuals, cross-dressers, or any man who lives outside the accepted norm.
Haunted by the video, Ndéné sets out to learn more. With the help of a friend who works in night life, he explores a hidden side of Dakar, away from the rigid Islam of his family and university. Although he feels a certain disgust for homosexuality, he's moved by the suffering and resilience of the people he meets. But the further he goes, the more he doubts his own identity, threatening to become an object of suspicion and scorn himself.
A powerful, nuanced portrait of queerness in a conservative society, Pure Menasks the fundamental question of how to find the courage to be true to yourself, whatever the cost.
Biografie (Mohamed Mbougar Sarr)
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr was born in Dakar in 1990. He studied literature and philosophy at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Brotherhood, his first novel, won the Grand Prix du Roman Métis, the Prix Ahmadou Kourouma, and the French Voices Grand Prize, in Alexia Trigo's translation. Prix Goncourt 2021. He was named Chevalier of the National Order of Merit by the president of Senegal.