AT NIGHT ALL BLOOD IS BLACK
AT NIGHT
ALL BLOOD IS BLACK
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.
BY MOHIT KUMAR SINGH
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