BOOK CLUB April 2026 Selection

This month we will be discussing Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop, translated from the French by Sam Taylor.

Diop has received numerous prizes for his work, including the Prix Goncourt in France and the International Booker Prize in the UK. Beyond the Door of No Return is the story of a French botanist in the latter half of the 18th century who travels to Senegal to study plants and finds himself overwhelmed by love for an African woman.