![]() ![]() Alfa's final transformation, as he attempts to atone for his guilt over the death of his friend, is unexpected, poetic - and chilling' - The Spectator You may also be interested in. Diop presents a world with no firm dividing line between courage and madness, murder and warfare the most dedicated killers are awarded the Croix de Guerre. Diop's short, sharp, and serrated novel is a visceral dramatization of how our humanity and inhumanity are forever intertwined' - Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer And yet where At Night All Blood is Black truly succeedsand succeeds marvelouslyis when it simply allows us to witness the experience of those soldiers like Ndiaye whose stories, until now, have gone. ![]() 'An unrelenting take on war, race, masculinity, and colonialism. But it does leave the book’s ending a bit untethered, I’m afraid, and may likewise leave some of its readers grasping for answers. 'More than a century after World War I, a great new African writer is asking these questions in a spare yet extraordinary novel about this bloody stain on human history' - Chigozie Obioma, The New York Times Book Review ![]() This slight book explodes with extraordinary force - readers will not forget it in a hurry' - The Times 'It is an intense exploration of the dehumanising effect of war and colonialism. 'So incantatory and visceral I don't think I'll ever forget it' - Ali Smith, The Guardian 'An extraordinary novel, full of sadness, rage and beauty' - Sarah Waters ![]()
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