A review by ctrlaultdelete
Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop

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5.0

A short book that contains multitudes of deep ironies, gorgeous descriptions, sharp characterizations and damning reflections on complicity. I loved this account of a scientific colonizer told by a Senegalese author and look forward to publishing many Duke Press books discussing it. There are times when you worry the author is going to be guilty of what he’s accusing his characters of doing but he holds it all together, from Aglae’s greenhouse to Maryam’s fish tanks, in an astonishing way. The Guardian review really captured my experience. Mesmerizing.