The Scent of Flowers at Night: a stunning new work of non-fictio

Slimani, Leila & Taylor, Sam

Leila Slimani: The Scent Of Flowers At Night [2023] hardback\n'A revelation' KATY HESSEL'Brilliant' OBSERVEROver one night, alone in the Punta della Dogana Museum in Venice, Leila 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\n\nLeila Slimani: The Scent Of Flowers At Night [2023] hardback\n\n'A revelation' KATY HESSEL\n'Brilliant' OBSERVER\n\nOver one night, alone in the Punta della Dogana Museum in Venice, Leila 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 by