{"product_id":"9781782278412","title":"Beyond the Door of No Return","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Diop, David \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 29\/08\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 256 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781782278412,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A gripping, galloping narrative that challenges perceptions to the very last page', Marie Claire 'David Diop has opened up a new way of thinking about the eighteenth century and its hideous cruelties', Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 'It's hard to imagine a more gripping or fertile subject', Guardian Prais, 1806. The renowned botanist Michel Adanson is dying. His last word is a woman's name: Maram. But who was she?Searching for the answer, Adanson's daughter discovers a journal of his youthful travels in Senegal, which tells a story of wild adventure and impossible desires. It reveals how he heard of a young woman sold into slavery who did the impossible and returned. How he became obsessed with finding her, whatever the cost. And how a man who longed to solve the mysteries of natural instead found himself grappling with the impulses of the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43364702421036,"sku":"9781782278412","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781782278412_d9b4087e-73d1-46f0-b62b-1b1de6c90b4c.jpg?v=1759666906","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781782278412","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}