![]() ![]() The book can be read in one sitting but the story will stay with you long after you have read it. ![]() 'At Night All Blood is Black' explores the shocking and dehumanising consequences of colonialism, violence and war and how it changes us forever. The author was inspired by his own great-grandfather, who fought in the war but never spoke about it, to write this story. ![]() Diop was born in France and brought up in Senegal. The story is narrated by Alfa and gives an insight of the horrors of war. But when Mademba dies in the battlefield, Alfa finds himself all alone in the conflict and he decents more into violence and madeness of the war. The story is set during World War 1, and it follows two Senegalese soldiers Alfa and Mademba who are fighting for France against German enemies. 'At Night All Blood is Black' is a heartbreaking yet poetic story of friendship and the terrors of war. His book "Frere d'ame" (literally meaning soul brother) in French was first published in 2018 and it is translated into English by Anna Moschovakis. At Night All Blood Is Black tells the story of one Senegalese soldier’s unraveling. The French often outfitted the tirailleurs with machetes to play into racist stereotypes that would intimidate German soldiers. French writer David Diop won the International Booker Prize 2021 for his novel ' At Night All Blood is Black' and created history by becoming the first French writer to win the prestigious award. As Diop depicts in his novel, the tirailleurs made up a significant component of French troops during WWI (around 200,000). ![]()
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