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Without Blood
Alessandro Baricco
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Description for Without Blood
Paperback. Only the daughter, Nina, survives, thanks to an extraordinary act of mercy by one of the attackers. Nina is just four years old. Decades later Nina hunts down the last of her family's murderers, the man who was her saviour. Translator(s): Goldstein, Ann. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.
Without Blood begins with a shocking, visceral act of violence - the assassination of a man and his family. Only the daughter, Nina, survives, thanks to an extraordinary act of mercy by one of the attackers. Nina is just four years old.
Decades later Nina hunts down the last of her family's murderers, the man who was her saviour. Their reunion brings about a profound reappraisal of their lives and what took place on that fateful night over half a century earlier.
Highly visual and unforgettably sad, Without Blood is a haunting book about damage, longing, memory and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841955742
SKU
V9781841955742
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About Alessandro Baricco
Alessandro Baricco was born in Turin in 1958. He is the author of six novels, including Silk and Without Blood, all of which have been translated into English. His latest novel, Questa Storia, was recently published to great acclaim in Italy, and he has also produced five collections of essays and a theatrical monologue.
Reviews for Without Blood
Contained in these few pages is a complete portrait of what it means to be human, at our most elemental, and the effect is awesome
Observer
Baricco's writing shows an author in unquestioned control of his vocabulary, his phrases brief but beautifully cadenced.
Independent
With its tenderness, eroticism ... Read more
Observer
Baricco's writing shows an author in unquestioned control of his vocabulary, his phrases brief but beautifully cadenced.
Independent
With its tenderness, eroticism ... Read more