Jinrui No Shino Ni Himerareta Kioku / Original Title: LA plus SECRETE MEMOIRE DES HOMMES

[Machine Translation] T.C. Herriman, a Senegalese writer who made the Parisian literary scene with a book in 1938 and then disappeared after being accused of plagiarism. Who was he? As Jegane, a smoldering young novelist of today, pursues his trail, the story of Elliman changes narrators, transcends time, and takes place in Paris, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, Dakar, and an unnamed village in Senegal.... A shocking masterpiece of a novel that describes with frightening verve the labyrinth of an insatiable desire for literature.

1938年に一冊の本でパリの文壇の話題をさらい、剽窃のかどで消えてしまったセネガル人作家T・C・エリマン。彼は一体何者だったのか?現代のくすぶる若手小説家ジェガーヌがその軌跡を追い求めるうちに、エリマンを巡る物語は語り手を変え、時を超え、パリ、アムステルダム、ブエノスアイレス、ダカール、セネガルの名もなき村へと舞台を変貌させていく...。文学へのあくなき欲望の迷宮を恐ろしいほどの気迫で綴る、衝撃の傑作小説。