At Night All Blood is Black
- Publisher : Penguin Random House
- Publishing year : June 2021
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9781782277538
- Imprint : Pushkin Press
- Age Group : Adult
- Language : English
'This slight book is an extraordinarily powerful exploration of what happens to the Alfa and Mademba are two of t ...
'This slight book is an extraordinarily powerful exploration of what happens to the
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.
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