· In At Night All Blood is Black, David Diop gives a merciless yet poignant insight into the experience of West Africans who served, died or had their lives changed forever in the brutal trenches of World War I, fighting for a country that was not theirs. Review by Gail Collins. In World War I the French government drafted around , soldiers from its colonies, including Senegal. Author: David Diop. Translator: Anna Moschovakis. New York. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. pages. IN THE BLOOD-MIRED trenches of World War I, an unwilling soldier ascends to an agent of death. Though David Diop anchors At Night All Blood Is Black in the plight of Senegal, the historical context of the novel is hushed by an examination of the psychological duality of conflict. · “At Night All Blood Is Black” was written by David Diop and translated from its original French by Anna Moschovakis. Lucy Hughes-Hallett, the chair of the International Booker judging panel.
"At Night All Blood Is Black" was written by David Diop and translated from its original French by Anna Moschovakis. Lucy Hughes-Hallett, the chair of the International Booker judging panel. French writer David Diop won the International Booker Prize for his novel 'At Night All Blood is Black' and created history by becoming the first French writer to win the prestigious award. David Diop and Anna Moschovakis on At Night All Blood is Black. 'I loved working with the textures and rhythms of David Diop's language.'. On being longlisted for the International Booker Prize, author David Diop and translator Anna Moschovakis spoke to us about At Night All Blood is Black. David, what has it been like to be longlisted?
“At Night All Blood Is Black” was written by David Diop and translated from its original French by Anna Moschovakis. Lucy Hughes-Hallett, the chair of the International Booker judging panel. In At Night All Blood is Black, David Diop gives a merciless yet poignant insight into the experience of West Africans who served, died or had their lives changed forever in the brutal trenches of World War I, fighting for a country that was not theirs. Review by Gail Collins. In World War I the French government drafted around , soldiers from its colonies, including Senegal. At Night All Blood Is Black, David Diop, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, pp., $25, November (Translated from French by Anna Moschovakis) As in many of the best novels of active combat, such as.
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