The Politics of Trauma and Resistance in Diop’s at Night All Blood Is Black
David Diop is a French novelist of Senegalese descent. At Night All Blood Is Black is his second novel which was first published in French as Frère d’âme on the 16th of August, 2018. The English translation of the novel was done by Anna Moschovakis and published in November 2020. The translation lat...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Department of English, Bodoland University
2021-06-01
|
Series: | Transcript: An e-Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://thetranscript.in/the-politics-of-trauma-and-resistance-in-diopss-at-night-all-blood-is-black/ |
_version_ | 1797403959098343424 |
---|---|
author | Manash Pratim Nath |
author_facet | Manash Pratim Nath |
author_sort | Manash Pratim Nath |
collection | DOAJ |
description | David Diop is a French novelist of Senegalese descent. At Night All Blood Is Black is his second novel which was first published in French as Frère d’âme on the 16th of August, 2018. The English translation of the novel was done by Anna Moschovakis and published in November 2020. The translation later went on to win the 2021 International Booker Prize. Diop’s novel deals with the life of Alpha Ndiaye and through him that of Mademba, his more-than-brother. Set against the colonial backdrop Diop’s At Night All Blood Is Black deals with grief, violence, and death caused by the World War. It is as much the story of the violence of war as it is of the quotidian life of a Senegalese villager far removed from the settings of the French metropolis and the war. |
first_indexed | 2024-03-09T02:46:11Z |
format | Article |
id | doaj.art-443071e60e1a4818bfbb816a427cb70b |
institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
issn | 2582-9858 |
language | English |
last_indexed | 2024-03-09T02:46:11Z |
publishDate | 2021-06-01 |
publisher | Department of English, Bodoland University |
record_format | Article |
series | Transcript: An e-Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies |
spelling | doaj.art-443071e60e1a4818bfbb816a427cb70b2023-12-05T16:15:44ZengDepartment of English, Bodoland UniversityTranscript: An e-Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies2582-98582021-06-011112012510.53034/Transcript.2021.v01.n01.006The Politics of Trauma and Resistance in Diop’s at Night All Blood Is BlackManash Pratim Nath0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0471-9808Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, IndiaDavid Diop is a French novelist of Senegalese descent. At Night All Blood Is Black is his second novel which was first published in French as Frère d’âme on the 16th of August, 2018. The English translation of the novel was done by Anna Moschovakis and published in November 2020. The translation later went on to win the 2021 International Booker Prize. Diop’s novel deals with the life of Alpha Ndiaye and through him that of Mademba, his more-than-brother. Set against the colonial backdrop Diop’s At Night All Blood Is Black deals with grief, violence, and death caused by the World War. It is as much the story of the violence of war as it is of the quotidian life of a Senegalese villager far removed from the settings of the French metropolis and the war.https://thetranscript.in/the-politics-of-trauma-and-resistance-in-diopss-at-night-all-blood-is-black/david diopat night all blood is blacktraumaresistancebooker prize |
spellingShingle | Manash Pratim Nath The Politics of Trauma and Resistance in Diop’s at Night All Blood Is Black Transcript: An e-Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies david diop at night all blood is black trauma resistance booker prize |
title | The Politics of Trauma and Resistance in Diop’s at Night All Blood Is Black |
title_full | The Politics of Trauma and Resistance in Diop’s at Night All Blood Is Black |
title_fullStr | The Politics of Trauma and Resistance in Diop’s at Night All Blood Is Black |
title_full_unstemmed | The Politics of Trauma and Resistance in Diop’s at Night All Blood Is Black |
title_short | The Politics of Trauma and Resistance in Diop’s at Night All Blood Is Black |
title_sort | politics of trauma and resistance in diop s at night all blood is black |
topic | david diop at night all blood is black trauma resistance booker prize |
url | https://thetranscript.in/the-politics-of-trauma-and-resistance-in-diopss-at-night-all-blood-is-black/ |
work_keys_str_mv | AT manashpratimnath thepoliticsoftraumaandresistanceindiopsatnightallbloodisblack AT manashpratimnath politicsoftraumaandresistanceindiopsatnightallbloodisblack |