What I Know About You (Ce que je sais de toi) by Éric Chacour

WINNER OF THE PRIX FEMINA DES LYCEENS, PRIX DES CINQ CONTINENTS AND PRIX PREMIERE PLUME 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX FEMINA, PRIX RENAUDOT AND PRIX DU ROMAN FNAC 2023
 
1960s Cairo. Tarek’s whole life is planned out for him. A doctor like his father, he has taken over the family practice, married his childhood sweetheart and is well respected in society.
 
Then Ali, the son of one of his patients, enters his life and turns it upside down. The two men’s unsayable relationship sparks a series of events just as dramatic as the Six-Day War playing out in the background.
 
The turn of the millennium finds Tarek living as a doctor in Montreal. Someone is writing about him and to him, piecing together a past he wants only to forget. But who is the writer of this tale? And will Tarek figure it out in time?
 
What I Know About You is the heartbreaking story of a family torn apart by an epic love.
 
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‘A debut that reads like a classic’ - Le Figaro 
 
‘Impressive . . . A masterful, thrilling debut’ - L’Express 
 
‘A delicate, sensual, political debut’ - Libération 
 
‘Magnificent’ - Le Parisien 
 
‘One of the best novels of recent years’ - Fugues
 
Éric Chacour was born in Montréal to Egyptian parents and has lived in both France and Québec. He has a degree in applied economics and international relations and now works in the financial sector. What I Know About You is his first novel.
 
Pablo Strauss is a translator from Quebec French and a three-time finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for translation. He lives in Quebec City.