“ltpgtltstronggtOne of the Globe amp Mails Best Books of 2024ltstronggtltpgtltpgtA splendid exercise in melancholy and heartbreak with highly empathetic characters Chacours first novel is beautifully written and superbly translated from the French by Pablo Strauss It is not to be missed ltbgt Michael Cart ltigtBooklistltigt STARRED ReviewltbgtltpgtltpgtThe slowburn story of Tarek a Levantine Christian doctor whose life seems prescribed for him in every matter even loveChacours exceptional restraint in divulging information lets the tension build carrying the book into the revelation of who is writing Tareks story All the authors formal risks result in wellearned rewards ltbgtltigtKirkusltigt STARRED ReviewltbgtltpgtltpgtltigtWhat I Know About Youltigt is a cerebral yet emotionally resonant slow burn with an intriguing structure that serves Chacours plot extremely well In any language this is a devastatingly beautiful story ltbgt Dory Cerny lti stylegtQuill amp Quireltigt STARRED ReviewltbgtltpgtltpgtOne mans love for another breaches the norms of gender society and class in the otherwise modernizing secular Egypt of Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat Tarek a doctor nurtures a love that comes to him unexpectedly and neither his country nor his family is able to accept Elegantly told and profoundly affecting ltigtWhat I Know About Youltigt speaks to the inherited moral structures constraining us and to the alienation of a mans inner life rendered external Tarek leaves Cairo and his marriage for Montreal a cold and foreign city in which his otherness is of a more ordinary kind but when circumstances finally permit returns to confront the past and its consequences nebulously in pursuit of him Here is a quiet touching story in which the acts of yearning stymied hearts transcend their troubled genesis and move their hosts towards the possibility of redemption that is loves essenceltbgt 2024 Giller Prize Jury CitationltbgtltbrgtltpgtltpgtltigtWhat I Know About Youltigt announces Chacour as a storyteller of rare ability deeply emotional in his substance elegant and restrained in his style Chacour is a master of perspective and careful revelation In his hands this story about taboo love and a familys legacy overflows with crushing beauty as it grips readers in its world ltigtWhat I Know About Youltigt is cruel and tender surprising and inexorable delicate and overwhelming necessary and timeless It is a story that is unlikely to be forgotten ltbgt2024 Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Fiction Prize juryltbgtltbrgtltpgtltpgtAt its core ltigtWhat I Know About Youltigt is a profoundly human story a tale of love loss and the enduring human spirit Every emotion is earned and resonates deeply a testament to Chacours skillful storytelling ltbgt Britta Stromeyer ltigtOn the SeawallltigtltbgtltbrgtltpgtltpgtIn his beguiling debut ltigtWhat I Know About Youltigt ric Chacour delicately explores the circumstances that create distance between people and the limits of what anyone can know about those they lovea richly textured portrait of Cairo from the 1960s through the 2000s and a nuanced exploration of queer relationshipsltbgt Laura Stackton ltbgtlti stylefontweight boldgtBookpageltigtltbrgtltpgtltpgtThis striking debut is a vivid novel about what honesty can cost you even when almost everything is left unsaid ltbgtKeith Mosman PowellsltbgtltpgtltpgtAstute prose that reveals as much through words as it does through silences ltigtWhat I Know About Youltigt is a heartrending novel in which unanswered questions and unvoiced feelings take on a life of their ownltbgt Eileen Gonzalez ltigtForeword ReviewsltigtltbgtltpgtltpgtA novel of secrets kept and vows broken among the members of a worldly Levantine Christian family in Cairo clinging to tradition amid radical societal change from the 1960s to the 21st century That larger story is fascinating but it takes a back seat to the even more intriguing twists and turns within the household The sense of intimacy ric Chacour and his translator Pablo Strauss have achieved with ltigtWhat I Know About Youltigt is astonishing ltbgt James Crossley Leviathan BookstoreltbgtltpgtltpgtA magnificent debut novel about family secrets and loves that endure long after their breaking point ltbgtLActualitltbgtltpgtltp dirltrgtA writer who charts his own course polishing each sentence until it conveys the totality of the observable world from the smallest gesture and look to the displacements contained in our life choices A story of love memory and devastation ltbgtJury statement Prix des cinq continents winnerltbgtltpgtltpgtric Chacours writing is poetic and precise A wonderful new voice and one of 2023s most remarkable books ltbgtMali Navia ltigtChatelaineltigtltbgtltpgtltp dirltrgtAn intimate conversation fraught with things left unsaid and secrets revealed told with a delicate understatement Masterful ltbgtShirley Saver Jury Chair 2023 Premire Plume awardltbgtltpgtltp dirltrgtCertain novels leave an indelible mark this is one of them ltbgtDominique Lemieux ltigtLes librairesltigtltbgtltpgtltp dirltrgtSo powerfully resonant and ingeniously constructed it is hard to believe this is a first novel ltbgtLa Harvey ltigtLe soleilltigtltbgtltpgtltp dirltrgtA beautiful debut about family secrets and loves that last far past their breaking point ltbgtJulie Roy ltigtLActualitltigtltbgtltpgtltp dirltrgtA finely honed debut with an intricate original architecture ltbgtPhilippe Villard ltigtTribune de Genveltigtltbgtltpgtltp dirltrgtA story of forbidden love deep roots and escaping them leavened with stylistic brio and profundity ltbgtOdile Tremblay ltigtLe Devoirltigtltbgtltpgtltp dirltrgtA debut that already feels like a classic ltbgtMohammed Assaoui ltigtLe Figaroltigtltbgtltpgtltp dirltrgtRazorsharp yet sensual prose plumbs the depths of a man torn between two worlds and two eras for a vibrant portrait of a changing society Dazzling ltbgtAnneFrdrique HbertDolbec ltigtLe DevoirltigtltbgtltpgtltpgtA sensual intricate political first novel ltbgtVirginie BlochLainltigtLibrationltigtltbgtltpgtltpgtA sublime story of absence and reconciliation ltbgtSandrine Bajos ltigtLe ParisienltigtltbgtltpgtltpgtThe writing is silken suggestive skillful and touching ltbgtSylvain Sarrazinltigt La Presseltigtltbgtltpgt”