by David Diop · SEUIL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782021398243
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In France during World War I, Alfa Ndiaye and Mademba Diop are two Senegalese soldiers fighting for the French army. When Mademba is mortally wounded, Alfa is left alone and consumed by rage. Alienated by the brutality of war, Alfa embarks on a mission of revenge, sowing terror among his fellow soldiers. After being evacuated from the front, Alfa confronts the memories of his past in Africa, a world he thought lost but now resurfaces as an act of resistance against the barbarity of modern war. This novel explores themes of brotherhood, identity, and the dehumanization caused by war.
David Diop is a French novelist and academic, who specializes in 18th-century French and Francophone African literature. His research, at the University of Pau in south-west France, focuses on representations of Africa in 18th-century accounts and images by travellers. Diop received the 2021 International Booker Prize for his novel At Night All Blood Is Black as the first French author. The novel was also shortlisted for ten French awards and won them in other countries.
