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First Blood

First Blood

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WINNER OF THE 2021 RENAUDOT PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2022 STREGA EUROPEAN PRIZE A WORLD LITERATURE TODAY NOTABLE BOOK 2023 A moving fictionalized account of Nothomb's own father, who died of Covid related symptoms in early 2020, this is the acclaimed author's most personal and heartfelt novel. The Republic of the Congo, 1964. A young man faces a firing squad, preparing for his last moment on Earth. He is known as a complex and complicated man whose childhood left him hungry for affection and attention and who transformed his emotional wounds into a brilliant career as a diplomat and a negotiator. Now he finds himself negotiating for his own life, together with the lives of 1,500 Congolese citizens. Inspired by the life of her father and by her lifelong effort to understand him, Amélie Nothomb's new novel is about life-and-death decisions, about reckoning with one's past, reconciling with one's parents, and about the hard, often humorous work of determining one's own path.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
112
Release Date:
2023-05-02
Publication Date:
2023-05-02
Publisher:
Europa Editions
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1609458443
ISBN13:
9781609458447
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
130 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
207 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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