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2020 selection · Fiction & literature
At Night All Blood Is Black: A Novel
At Night All Blood Is Black: A Novel by David Diop, translated by Anna Moschovakis appears in NPR’s 2020 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around eye-opening reads, rather short, tales from around the world, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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