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(0)David Diop
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A Sengalese soldier loses his mind in the trenches of World War I"-- Provided by publisher.
A "Chocolat" soldier with the French army during World War I, Senegalese Alfa Ndiaye's friend Mademba Diop is in the same regiment. Injured in battle, Diop begs Alfa to kill him and spare him the pain of a long and agonizing death in No Man's Land. Unable to commit this mercy killing, madness creeps into Alfa's mind. He sees this refusal as cowardice. To...
Author
Publisher
Éditions Points
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Moi, Alfa Ndiaye, dernier fils du vieil homme, j’ai vu les obus malicieux, les ennemis aux yeux bleus, et le ventre ouvert de mon plus que frère, Mademba. Ce roman bouleversant explore la brutalité de la guerre, l’amitié masculine, et les cicatrices laissées par la Première Guerre mondiale.