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At Night All Blood is Black

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WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE

The prize-winning story of a Senegalese soldier in the trenches, told in hypnotic, powerful prose

Alfa and Mademba are two of the many Senegalese soldiers fighting in the Great War. Together they climb dutifully out of their trenches to attack France’s German enemies whenever the whistle blows, until Mademba is wounded, and dies in a shell hole with his belly torn open.

Without his more-than-brother, Alfa is alone and lost amidst the savagery of the conflict. He devotes himself to the war, to violence and death, but soon begins to frighten even his own comrades in arms. How far will Alfa go to make amends to his dead friend?

At Night All Blood is Black is a hypnotic, heartbreaking rendering of a mind hurtling towards madness.

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Publisher ‏
‎ Pushkin Press
Language ‏
‎ English
Paperback ‏
‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏
‎ 1782277536
ISBN-13 ‏
‎ 978-1782277538

David Diop

David Diop was born in Paris in 1966 and grew up in Senegal. He now lives in France, where he is a professor of eighteenth century literature at the University of Pau. At Night All Blood is Black is David's second novel. It was shortlisted for ten major prizes in France and won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. It has so far been translated into 13 languages, winning the LA Times Book Prize for fiction, the Italian Premio Strega Europeo, the Dutch Europese Literatuurprijs, the Swiss Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma and theInternational Booker Prize.
About the author David Diop
Winner of the 2021 International Booker Prize — the first French author to win it

David Diop was born in Paris in 1966 and grew up in Senegal. He now lives in France, where he is a professor of eighteenth century literature at the University of Pau. At Night All Blood is Black is David's second novel. It was shortlisted for ten major prizes in France and won the Prix...

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