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The Scent of Flowers at Night

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'A revelation' KATY HESSEL


'Brilliant' OBSERVER



Over one night, alone in the Punta della Dogana Museum in Venice, Leïla Slimani grapples with the self as it is revealed in solitude. In a place of old and new, she confronts her past and her present, through her life as a Moroccan woman, as a writer, and as a daughter. Surrounded by art, she explores what it means to behold and clasp beauty; enveloped by night, she confronts the meaning of life and death.

Translated from the French by Sam Taylor

Critics Review

Slimani's The Scent of Flowers at Night is a revelation - I have never felt more seen by a book, nor have I been so gripped. In such elegant and readable prose, she captures the obsession and joys of writing, and the power of art and words
Katy Hessel
An utterly compelling exploration of memory, art-making and solitude: what it takes, what it costs, to be a daughter, a woman, who writes. I couldn't put it down.
Tanya Shadrick
An engaging meditation on literature, death, deracination and tourism
Daily Telegraph
Mesmerising. I inhaled this writer's poetic meditation on time and the creative process
Sheena Patel
Heartwarming and sad...accessible and endearing...frank and honest...humorous and affirming
Buzz Listings
Vivid and capable of transporting the reader
The Observer
Author Leïla Slimani
Narrator Sarah Slimani
Duration 2 hours and 52 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529399660
Format Audiobook
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Genre Autobiography: writers, Memoirs
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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