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There is a layering of brutal reality of war and the mystical connections between people that tortures.
In longing for his dead friend and companion Alfa loses himself – and somehow in the final few chapters Mademba and Alfa become one being, Mademba experiencing the world via Alfa’s body.
Is this real or is this dream? And does that actually make much difference anyway?
Amidst the piles of books written about the First World War it is rarely to find a new insight, and it is to David Diop’s great credit that they have done so.
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