SELECTED FOR BARACK OBAMAÂŽS SUMMER READING LIST
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2021
A GUARDIAN and THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
ÂŽThis slight book is an extraordinarily powerful exploration of what happens to the souls of men sent to kill and be killedÂŽ The Times, Historical Fiction Books of the Year
ÂŽExtraordinary... full of sadness, rage and beautyÂŽ Sarah Waters
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 FranceÂŽs 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.
Amms
2022-09-14
Good but an intense read, to hear this man descend into a spiral of madness and revenge in the midst of war, to hear what war does to people. Young men whoâs life hasnât even started dying at the hands of others. excellent book and narrator but not for those faint of heart.
Emma;)
2022-09-14
Jag ville tycka om den, men tyvĂ€rrâŠ