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Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's 'Pure Men' Draws Attention
Original: Pure Men. By Mohamed Mbougar Sarr; transl Lara Vergnaud. You are a Senegalese man, who has a lot of straight sex, but yo
Readers are discussing 'Pure Men', the latest novel by Senegalese author Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, translated into English by Lara Vergnaud. The book follows a Senegalese literature professor who has relationships with women while teaching gay French poets, and becomes entangled in the case of a possibly gay man whose body was exhumed. Commenters are highlighting the novel's themes of masculinity, sexuality and literature.
Why now: The English translation of a prominent African writer's novel is newly circulating and readers are sharing its striking premise.
Mohamed Mbougar SarrLara VergnaudSenegal
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- Pure Men. By Mohamed Mbougar Sarr; transl Lara Vergnaud. You are a Senegalese man, who has a lot of straight sex, but you are also a literature professor who teaches gay French poets, and if that is not bad enough, you comfort a woman who’s (probably) gay son’s body was exhumed… · kenthompson@mastodon.world · 7
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