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WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2021 A GUARDIAN and THE
TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'This slight book is an extraordinarily
powerful exploration of what happens to the souls of men sent to
kill and be killed' -- The Times, Historical Fiction Books of the
Year 'Extraordinary... full of sadness, rage and beauty' Sarah
Waters Alfa and Mademba are two of the many Senegalese soldiers
fighting in the Great War. Together they climb dutifully out of
their trenches to attack France's German enemies whenever the
whistle blows, until Mademba is wounded, and dies in a shell hole
with his belly torn open. Without his more-than-brother, Alfa is
alone and lost amidst the savagery of the conflict. He devotes
himself to the war, to violence and death, but soon begins to
frighten even his own comrades in arms. How far will Alfa go to
make amends to his dead friend? At Night All Blood is Black is a
hypnotic, heartbreaking rendering of a mind hurtling towards
madness.
From the author of the International Booker Prize-winning At Night
All Blood is Black: a moving and immersive adventure story set in
eighteenth century Senegal Paris, 1806. Michel Adanson is dying.
The last word to escape his lips is a woman's name: Maram. Who was
she? Why, in the course of his long life, has he never spoken of
her before? As Adanson's daughter sorts through his things, she
discovers a notebook. It reveals a secret history both fantastical
and terrible, of his time as a young botanist travelling in
Senegal. How Adanson first heard of the 'revenant': a young woman
of noble birth, abducted and sold into slavery across the seas, who
then did the impossible-she came back, to live in hiding. How he
became obsessed with finding her, embarking on an odyssey that
would lead to danger and destruction. How a man who longed to solve
the mysteries of nature instead found himself faced with the
uncontrollable impulses of the human heart. Tragic and tender,
alive with feeling, this is a story of adventure, revenge and
impossible desires, one which subverts our every expectation about
who we are and who we love. Praise for At Night All Blood is Black
'So incantatory and visceral I don't think I'll ever forget it' -
Ali Smith, Guardian 'More than a century after World War I, a great
new African writer [has written] a spare yet extraordinary novel
about this bloody stain on human history' - Chigozie Obioma, New
York Times Book Review 'An extraordinary novel, full of sadness,
rage and beauty' Sarah Waters
Si, au dix-huitieme siecle, l'Afrique est l'incarnation radicale de
'l'autre', ses representations portent cependant le sceau d'un
paradoxe fondamental: elles s'affirment comme 'veridiques', alors
meme que le continent et ses habitants sont tres mal connus. Les
discours sur l'Afrique ont donc une double histoire: celle de
l'exploration progressive du continent et celle des attentes des
lecteurs auxquels ils sont destines. Pour analyser la nature et les
implications de ce paradoxe, une equipe de specialistes a examine
ces representations selon deux perspectives. Il s'agissait de
comprendre comment des fictions s'enracinaient, en amont, dans des
textes qui se donnaient comme des recits de voyages authentiques et
comment, en aval, cet imaginaire a pu determiner des comportements
reels, susciter aussi bien le mouvement de colonisation que les
combats pour l'emancipation des esclaves. Plus qu'un inventaire des
descriptions de l'Afrique, ce volume propose une reflexion sur ses
representations, sur leurs racines, leurs fonctions ideologiques et
leur diffusion. Il ne s'agit donc pas de mettre en scene, pour
mieux le condamner, le racisme au siecle des Lumieres, mais de
cerner ce que l'on pensait savoir alors sur l'Afrique et les
Africains, en utilisant des outils d'analyse empruntes a Michel
Foucault. Dans ce volume interdisciplinaire, abondamment illustre,
les auteurs examinent pour la premiere fois la genealogie et les
conditions d'un 'savoir' sur l'Afrique au dix-huitieme siecle. Pour
tous ceux qui travaillent sur les recits de voyages et sur
l'histoire culturelle des Lumieres, L'Afrique du siecle des
Lumieres: savoirs et representations constitue une lecture
essentielle.
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