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Tag: War

Review: At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop (translated by Anna Moschovakis)

A potent depiction of war.

Contemporary, Fiction, France, Senegal, War, World War I

Review: The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

An ambitious novel about war and memory.

1930s, Ethiopia, Fiction, Historical, Italy, Novel, War

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Ruhi Lee’s memoir is a story of parents and parenting. She recounts her experience of growing up in Melbourne, revisiting her family’s home in Karnataka and finding independence through love and work. But when she becomes pregnant with a daughter, she begins to question her own upbringing, and through therapy starts bringing things she’s kept quiet out into the light.

I don’t often read crime, so I was excited to read this for a book club!

This short and immaculate novel begins on the Western Front. Alfa Ndiaye, a 20-year-old Senegalese man enlisted in the French army, is grieving the death of his more-than-brother Mademba Diop. His grief leads him to horrific vengeance, but also a new kind of independence.

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