At Night All Blood Is Black
by David Diop
International Dublin Literary Award · 2022 · ShortlistInternational Booker Prize · 2021 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Dublin Literary Award | 2022 | Shortlist |
| International Booker Prize | 2021 | Winner |
About This Book
David Diop's Prix Goncourt–winning novel, translated from French by Anna Moschovakis, follows a Senegalese soldier in the French colonial army who descends into ritual violence after the death of his blood brother on the Western Front. Shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award.
About the Author
David Diop is a French-Senegalese novelist and academic born in Paris in 1966. He won the International Booker Prize in 2021 for *At Night All Blood Is Black*, a short, intense World War I novel told from the perspective of a Senegalese tirailleur. The novel explores colonial trauma, friendship, and madness. Read more →
