Love Me Tender is a short but emotionally powerful modern French novel inspired by the author’s own lived experiences.Ĭonstance is forty-seven, and three years ago - after twenty years of marriage and raising a child - she realised she was gay, and so she left her husband to go live her truth. While you do need a steeled mind and a strong stomach to read it, At Night All Blood is Black is undeniably one of the greatest modern French books in translation. It explores the toxic side of male camaraderie and how racism continues to live and thrive even while staring death in the face. It’s a visceral story that takes its toll on the reader. them Black and white hero and coward.Īt Night All Blood is Black is not an easy read. It’s a story of binaries: the in-group and out-group us vs. When the novella opens, Alfa is cradling the dying body of his friend Mademba, whose body has been torn open.įrom here, At Night All Blood is Black uses the backdrop of trench warfare to explore the relevant themes of racism, humanity, and masculinity. Winner of the International Booker Prize 2021, At Night All Blood is Black is a heartrending novella by Senegalese-French author David Diop.Īt Night All Blood is Black tells the story of Alfa, a Senegalese man in the French trenches of the Great War.
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