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At night all blood is black /

"A 'Chocolat' soldier with the French army during World War I, Senegalese Alfa Ndiaye's friend Mademba Diop is in the same regiment. Injured in battle, Diop begs Alfa to kill him and spare him the pain of a long and agonizing death in No Man's Land. Unable to commit this mer...

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Main Authors: Diop, David, 1966-
Group Author: Moschovakis, Anna
Published: Pushkin Press,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2021.
©2020
Literature type: Book
Language: English
French
Subjects:
1914-1918
Soldiers, Black > Fiction.
Soldiers > Fiction.
Mutilation > Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 > Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 > Senegal > Fiction.
Militaires noirs > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Mutilation > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Mutilation.
Soldiers.
Soldiers, Black.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Psychological fiction.
War fiction.
Summary: "A 'Chocolat' soldier with the French army during World War I, Senegalese Alfa Ndiaye's friend Mademba Diop is in the same regiment. Injured in battle, Diop begs Alfa to kill him and spare him the pain of a long and agonizing death in No Man's Land. Unable to commit this mercy killing, madness creeps into Alfa's mind. He sees this refusal as cowardice. To avenge the death of his friend and find forgiveness for himself, every night Alfa sneaks across enemy lines to find and murder a blue-eyed German soldier, returning with the German's severed hand. As rumors circulate that Alfa is a soul-eater, how far will he go to make amends to his dead friend?"
Item Description: "At Night All Blood is Black was first published as Frère d'ame by Editions du Seuil in Paris, 2018"--Title page verso.
Carrier Form: 145 pages ; 20 cm
Awards: International Booker Prize 2021
ISBN: 9781782277538
1782277536
Index Number: PQ3989
CLC: I565.45
Call Number: I565.45/D593-1

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