A Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature
One of The Atlantic-s 10 Best Books of 2023
A Financial Times Best Book of 2023 Named a best book of the year by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews
-A hypnotic, powerful historical novel in which stories nest within one another like dolls . . . It all coheres mesmerizingly.- -Cl-nce Michallon, The New York Times Book Review
-Stunningly realized . . . Exquisite . . . A spellbinding novel.- -Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King
The thrilling and deeply moving new novel by David Diop, winner of the International Booker Prize.
Paris, 1806. The renowned botanist Michel Adanson lies on his deathbed, the masterwork to which he dedicated his life still incomplete. As he expires, the last word to escape his lips is a woman-s name: Maram.
The key to this mysterious woman-s ide
