David Diop – At Night All Blood is Black
David Diop’s At Night All Blood is Black is the winner of the International Booker Prize 2021. Alfa and Mademba are two Senegalese soldiers, attacking France’s German enemies whenever they are instructed to by the sound of a whistle until Mademba is wounded and dies leaving his brother-like friend Alfa alone and lost amid the savagery of conflict. He devotes his life to war and violence but soon he begins to frighten even his own comrades. How far will Alfa go to avenge his lost friend in this heartbreaking and powerful novel?