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At Night All Blood Is Black: A Novel
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780374266974
- Book Title
- At Night All Blood Is Black : a Novel
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Item Length
- 7.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Psychological, War & Military, Literary, Historical
- Item Weight
- 12 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374266972
ISBN-13
9780374266974
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15038263119
Product Key Features
Book Title
At Night All Blood Is Black : a Novel
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
Psychological, War & Military, Literary, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-013691
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23
Reviews
"Beguiling . . . Diop realizes the full nature of war--that theater of macabre and violent drama--on the page. He takes his character into the depths of hell and lets him thrive there . . . As violent and disturbing as these encounters are, they are rendered with such artistic grace that one derives a strange pleasure in reading about even the bloodiest of nights . . . By the time we reach its shocking yet ultimately transcendent ending, the story has turned into something mystical, esoteric; it takes a cyclic shape. At its core, the book is about how a man tries to understand primal, ethical questions about those on the other side of the front line . . . 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 "Heartbreaking and poetic . . . [ At Night All Blood Is Black ] addresses a story woefully absent from French history books - the inner life of African troops who fought in the French trenches in the first world war." --Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian "One could recommend this novella by its name alone. Fortunately, what its evocative and ominous title hints at--a dark story told in lyrical prose--is more than delivered on in David Diop''s rhythmic, enchanting fiction (expertly translated from the French by Anna Moschovakis) . . . More than anything [Diop] shows just how slippery the self can be when individuals are placed within extraordinary, violent circumstances." -- The A.V. Club "With elegant brevity, 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. Alfa''s final transformation, as he attempts to atone for his guilt over the death of his friend, is unexpected, poetic -- and chilling." --Suzi Feay, The Spectator "Diop''s short but emotionally packed second novel illuminates an underreported chapter in French and Senegalese history. Part folklore, part existential howl, and part prose poem, it is a heartbreaking account of pointless suffering . . . A searing, eye-opening tale of innocence destroyed ." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Musical . . . Harrowing . . . The novel veers toward a transcendent ending . . . Diop''s second novel is scalding, mesmerizing, and troubling in the best way. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal (starred review) " [A] harrowing, nimbly translated English-language debut . . . Diop is sure to earn readers with this feverish exercise in psychological horror." -- Publishers Weekly " An extraordinary novel, full of sadness, rage and beauty. " -- Sarah Waters, author of The Little Stranger "David Diop''s All Blood is Black at Night is an unrelenting take on war, race, masculinity, and colonialism. Most of all, Diop''s short, sharp, and serrated novel is a visceral dramatization of how our humanity and inhumanity are forever intertwined. " --Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Sympathizer "David Diop''s At Night All Blood Is Black is a particularly pertinent reflection on the evils of war , as well as a profound exploration of the human soul ." --J.M.G. Le Clézio, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature " This novel is a wonder. Written in a simple, almost naive, yet astonishing style, it speaks of the tragedy of the trenches with a moving delicacy . This is no war novel, but a book on what Montaigne called ''the solder of brotherhood.''" --Tahar Ben Jelloun, Le Point "David Diop here erects a beautiful monument to the Senegalese riflemen , and seeks to restore their African dimension ; to listen to them, to understand them." --Mathias Énard, Le Monde, "David Diop's At Night All Blood Is Black is a particularly pertinent reflection on the evils of war , as well as a profound exploration of the human soul ." --J.M.G. Le Clézio, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature " This novel is a wonder. Written in a simple, almost naive, yet astonishing style, it speaks of the tragedy of the trenches with a moving delicacy . This is no war novel, but a book on what Montaigne called 'the solder of brotherhood.'" --Tahar Ben Jelloun, Le Point "David Diop here erects a beautiful monument to the Senegalese riflemen , and seeks to restore their African dimension ; to listen to them, to understand them." --Mathias Énard, Le Monde, "Beguiling . . . Diop realizes the full nature of war--that theater of macabre and violent drama--on the page. He takes his character into the depths of hell and lets him thrive there . . . As violent and disturbing as these encounters are, they are rendered with such artistic grace that one derives a strange pleasure in reading about even the bloodiest of nights . . . By the time we reach its shocking yet ultimately transcendent ending, the story has turned into something mystical, esoteric; it takes a cyclic shape. At its core, the book is about how a man tries to understand primal, ethical questions about those on the other side of the front line . . . 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 "Heartbreaking and poetic . . . [ At Night All Blood Is Black ] addresses a story woefully absent from French history books - the inner life of African troops who fought in the French trenches in the first world war." --Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian "One could recommend this novella by its name alone. Fortunately, what its evocative and ominous title hints at--a dark story told in lyrical prose--is more than delivered on in David Diop's rhythmic, enchanting fiction (expertly translated from the French by Anna Moschovakis) . . . More than anything [Diop] shows just how slippery the self can be when individuals are placed within extraordinary, violent circumstances." -- The A.V. Club "Diop's short but emotionally packed second novel illuminates an underreported chapter in French and Senegalese history. Part folklore, part existential howl, and part prose poem, it is a heartbreaking account of pointless suffering . . . A searing, eye-opening tale of innocence destroyed ." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Musical . . . Harrowing . . . The novel veers toward a transcendent ending . . . Diop's second novel is scalding, mesmerizing, and troubling in the best way. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal (starred review) " [A] harrowing, nimbly translated English-language debut . . . Diop is sure to earn readers with this feverish exercise in psychological horror." -- Publishers Weekly " An extraordinary novel, full of sadness, rage and beauty. " -- Sarah Waters, author of The Little Stranger "David Diop's All Blood is Black at Night is an unrelenting take on war, race, masculinity, and colonialism. Most of all, Diop's short, sharp, and serrated novel is a visceral dramatization of how our humanity and inhumanity are forever intertwined. " --Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Sympathizer "David Diop's At Night All Blood Is Black is a particularly pertinent reflection on the evils of war , as well as a profound exploration of the human soul ." --J.M.G. Le Clézio, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature " This novel is a wonder. Written in a simple, almost naive, yet astonishing style, it speaks of the tragedy of the trenches with a moving delicacy . This is no war novel, but a book on what Montaigne called 'the solder of brotherhood.'" --Tahar Ben Jelloun, Le Point "David Diop here erects a beautiful monument to the Senegalese riflemen , and seeks to restore their African dimension ; to listen to them, to understand them." --Mathias Énard, Le Monde, "Heartbreaking and poetic . . . [ At Night All Blood Is Black ] addresses a story woefully absent from French history books - the inner life of African troops who fought in the French trenches in the first world war." --Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian "Diop's short but emotionally packed second novel illuminates an underreported chapter in French and Senegalese history. Part folklore, part existential howl, and part prose poem, it is a heartbreaking account of pointless suffering . . . A searing, eye-opening tale of innocence destroyed ." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Musical . . . Harrowing . . . The novel veers toward a transcendent ending . . . Diop's second novel is scalding, mesmerizing, and troubling in the best way. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal (starred review) " [A] harrowing, nimbly translated English-language debut . . . Diop is sure to earn readers with this feverish exercise in psychological horror." -- Publishers Weekly " An extraordinary novel, full of sadness, rage and beauty. " -- Sarah Waters, author of The Little Stranger "David Diop's All Blood is Black at Night is an unrelenting take on war, race, masculinity, and colonialism. Most of all, Diop's short, sharp, and serrated novel is a visceral dramatization of how our humanity and inhumanity are forever intertwined. " --Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Sympathizer "David Diop's At Night All Blood Is Black is a particularly pertinent reflection on the evils of war , as well as a profound exploration of the human soul ." --J.M.G. Le Clézio, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature " This novel is a wonder. Written in a simple, almost naive, yet astonishing style, it speaks of the tragedy of the trenches with a moving delicacy . This is no war novel, but a book on what Montaigne called 'the solder of brotherhood.'" --Tahar Ben Jelloun, Le Point "David Diop here erects a beautiful monument to the Senegalese riflemen , and seeks to restore their African dimension ; to listen to them, to understand them." --Mathias Énard, Le Monde, " A searing, eye-opening tale of innocence destroyed. " -- Kirkus "David Diop's All Blood is Black at Night is an unrelenting take on war, race, masculinity, and colonialism. Most of all, Diop's short, sharp, and serrated novel is a visceral dramatization of how our humanity and inhumanity are forever intertwined. " --Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Sympathizer "David Diop's At Night All Blood Is Black is a particularly pertinent reflection on the evils of war , as well as a profound exploration of the human soul ." --J.M.G. Le Clézio, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature " This novel is a wonder. Written in a simple, almost naive, yet astonishing style, it speaks of the tragedy of the trenches with a moving delicacy . This is no war novel, but a book on what Montaigne called 'the solder of brotherhood.'" --Tahar Ben Jelloun, Le Point "David Diop here erects a beautiful monument to the Senegalese riflemen , and seeks to restore their African dimension ; to listen to them, to understand them." --Mathias Énard, Le Monde, "David Diop's All Blood is Black at Night is an unrelenting take on war, race, masculinity, and colonialism. Most of all, Diop's short, sharp, and serrated novel is a visceral dramatization of how our humanity and inhumanity are forever intertwined. " --Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Sympathizer "David Diop's At Night All Blood Is Black is a particularly pertinent reflection on the evils of war , as well as a profound exploration of the human soul ." --J.M.G. Le Clézio, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature " This novel is a wonder. Written in a simple, almost naive, yet astonishing style, it speaks of the tragedy of the trenches with a moving delicacy . This is no war novel, but a book on what Montaigne called 'the solder of brotherhood.'" --Tahar Ben Jelloun, Le Point "David Diop here erects a beautiful monument to the Senegalese riflemen , and seeks to restore their African dimension ; to listen to them, to understand them." --Mathias Énard, Le Monde, "Heartbreaking and poetic . . . [ At Night All Blood Is Black ] addresses a story woefully absent from French history books - the inner life of African troops who fought in the French trenches in the first world war." --Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian "Diop's short but emotionally packed second novel illuminates an underreported chapter in French and Senegalese history. Part folklore, part existential howl, and part prose poem, it is a heartbreaking account of pointless suffering . . . A searing, eye-opening tale of innocence destroyed ." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) " [A] harrowing, nimbly translated English-language debut . . . Diop is sure to earn readers with this feverish exercise in psychological horror." -- Publishers Weekly " An extraordinary novel, full of sadness, rage and beauty. " -- Sarah Waters, author of The Little Stranger "David Diop's All Blood is Black at Night is an unrelenting take on war, race, masculinity, and colonialism. Most of all, Diop's short, sharp, and serrated novel is a visceral dramatization of how our humanity and inhumanity are forever intertwined. " --Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Sympathizer "David Diop's At Night All Blood Is Black is a particularly pertinent reflection on the evils of war , as well as a profound exploration of the human soul ." --J.M.G. Le Clézio, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature " This novel is a wonder. Written in a simple, almost naive, yet astonishing style, it speaks of the tragedy of the trenches with a moving delicacy . This is no war novel, but a book on what Montaigne called 'the solder of brotherhood.'" --Tahar Ben Jelloun, Le Point "David Diop here erects a beautiful monument to the Senegalese riflemen , and seeks to restore their African dimension ; to listen to them, to understand them." --Mathias Énard, Le Monde, "David Diop's At Night All Blood Is Black is a particularly pertinent reflection on the evils of war , as well as a profound exploration of the human soul ." --J.M.G. Le Clézio, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature " This novel is a wonder. Written in a simple, almost naive, yet astonishing style, it speaks of the tragedy of the trenches with a moving delicacy . This is no war novel, but a book on what Montaigne called 'the solder of brotherhood.'" --Tahar Ben Jelloun, Le Point "David Diop here erects a beautiful monument to the Senegalese riflemen , and seeks to restore their African dimension ; to listen to them, to understand them." --Mathias Énard, Le Monde " Adrian Nathan West's translation captures the grit and the poetry of this existential novel, a hard-hitting neo-noir parable whose dark humor delights as it strikes at the corrupt heart of business as usual in Argentina . . . The resolution of the mystery, a clarification of the whodunnit, is not meant to offer satisfaction. There's no justice in this tale, just the ceaseless motion of possibilities -- and more specters." --Lucas Spiro, The Arts Fuse, "Heartbreaking and poetic . . . [ At Night All Blood Is Black ] addresses a story woefully absent from French history books - the inner life of African troops who fought in the French trenches in the first world war." --Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian "One could recommend this novella by its name alone. Fortunately, what its evocative and ominous title hints at--a dark story told in lyrical prose--is more than delivered on in David Diop's rhythmic, enchanting fiction (expertly translated from the French by Anna Moschovakis) . . . More than anything [Diop] shows just how slippery the self can be when individuals are placed within extraordinary, violent circumstances." -- The A.V. Club "Diop's short but emotionally packed second novel illuminates an underreported chapter in French and Senegalese history. Part folklore, part existential howl, and part prose poem, it is a heartbreaking account of pointless suffering . . . A searing, eye-opening tale of innocence destroyed ." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Musical . . . Harrowing . . . The novel veers toward a transcendent ending . . . Diop's second novel is scalding, mesmerizing, and troubling in the best way. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal (starred review) " [A] harrowing, nimbly translated English-language debut . . . Diop is sure to earn readers with this feverish exercise in psychological horror." -- Publishers Weekly " An extraordinary novel, full of sadness, rage and beauty. " -- Sarah Waters, author of The Little Stranger "David Diop's All Blood is Black at Night is an unrelenting take on war, race, masculinity, and colonialism. Most of all, Diop's short, sharp, and serrated novel is a visceral dramatization of how our humanity and inhumanity are forever intertwined. " --Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Sympathizer "David Diop's At Night All Blood Is Black is a particularly pertinent reflection on the evils of war , as well as a profound exploration of the human soul ." --J.M.G. Le Clézio, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature " This novel is a wonder. Written in a simple, almost naive, yet astonishing style, it speaks of the tragedy of the trenches with a moving delicacy . This is no war novel, but a book on what Montaigne called 'the solder of brotherhood.'" --Tahar Ben Jelloun, Le Point "David Diop here erects a beautiful monument to the Senegalese riflemen , and seeks to restore their African dimension ; to listen to them, to understand them." --Mathias Énard, Le Monde, "Diop's short but emotionally packed second novel illuminates an underreported chapter in French and Senegalese history. Part folklore, part existential howl, and part prose poem, it is a heartbreaking account of pointless suffering . . . A searing, eye-opening tale of innocence destroyed ." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) " [A] harrowing, nimbly translated English-language debut . . . Diop is sure to earn readers with this feverish exercise in psychological horror." -- Publishers Weekly " An extraordinary novel, full of sadness, rage and beauty. " -- Sarah Waters, author of The Little Stranger "David Diop's All Blood is Black at Night is an unrelenting take on war, race, masculinity, and colonialism. Most of all, Diop's short, sharp, and serrated novel is a visceral dramatization of how our humanity and inhumanity are forever intertwined. " --Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Sympathizer "David Diop's At Night All Blood Is Black is a particularly pertinent reflection on the evils of war , as well as a profound exploration of the human soul ." --J.M.G. Le Clézio, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature " This novel is a wonder. Written in a simple, almost naive, yet astonishing style, it speaks of the tragedy of the trenches with a moving delicacy . This is no war novel, but a book on what Montaigne called 'the solder of brotherhood.'" --Tahar Ben Jelloun, Le Point "David Diop here erects a beautiful monument to the Senegalese riflemen , and seeks to restore their African dimension ; to listen to them, to understand them." --Mathias Énard, Le Monde, "Diop's short but emotionally packed second novel illuminates an underreported chapter in French and Senegalese history. Part folklore, part existential howl, and part prose poem, it is a heartbreaking account of pointless suffering . . . A searing, eye-opening tale of innocence destroyed ." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) " [A] harrowing, nimbly translated English-language debut . . . Diop is sure to earn readers with this feverish exercise in psychological horror." -- Publishers Weekly "David Diop's All Blood is Black at Night is an unrelenting take on war, race, masculinity, and colonialism. Most of all, Diop's short, sharp, and serrated novel is a visceral dramatization of how our humanity and inhumanity are forever intertwined. " --Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Sympathizer "David Diop's At Night All Blood Is Black is a particularly pertinent reflection on the evils of war , as well as a profound exploration of the human soul ." --J.M.G. Le Clézio, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature " This novel is a wonder. Written in a simple, almost naive, yet astonishing style, it speaks of the tragedy of the trenches with a moving delicacy . This is no war novel, but a book on what Montaigne called 'the solder of brotherhood.'" --Tahar Ben Jelloun, Le Point "David Diop here erects a beautiful monument to the Senegalese riflemen , and seeks to restore their African dimension ; to listen to them, to understand them." --Mathias Énard, Le Monde
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843/.914
Synopsis
*WINNER OF THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE* *ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2021* Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction Shortlisted for the 2022 DUBLIN Literary Award "Astonishingly good." --Lily Meyer, NPR "So incantatory and visceral I don't think I'll ever forget it." -- Ali Smith, The Guardian Best Books of 2020 One of The Wall Street Journal 's 11 best books of the fall One of The A.V. Club 's fifteen best books of 2020 A Sunday Times best book of the year Selected by students across France to win the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, David Diop's English-language, historical fiction debut At Night All Blood is Black is a "powerful, hypnotic, and dark novel" ( Livres Hebdo ) of terror and transformation in the trenches of the First World War. Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who, never before having left his village, finds himself fighting as a so-called "Chocolat" soldier with the French army during World War I. When his friend Mademba Diop, in the same regiment, is seriously 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 as he comes to see this refusal as a cruel moment of cowardice. Anxious to avenge the death of his friend and find forgiveness for himself, he begins a macabre ritual: every night he sneaks across enemy lines to find and murder a blue-eyed German soldier, and every night he returns to base, unharmed, with the German's severed hand. At first his comrades look at Alfa's deeds with admiration, but soon rumors begin to circulate that this super soldier isn't a hero, but a sorcerer, a soul-eater. Plans are hatched to get Alfa away from the front, and to separate him from his growing collection of hands, but how does one reason with a demon, and how far will Alfa go to make amends to his dead friend? Peppered with bullets and black magic, this remarkable novel fills in a forgotten chapter in the history of World War I. Blending oral storytelling traditions with the gritty, day-to-day, journalistic horror of life in the trenches, David Diop's At Night All Blood is Black is a dazzling tale of a man's descent into madness.
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PQ3989.2.D563F7413
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