![]() ![]() Plans are hatched to get Alfa away from the front, and to separate him from his growing collection of hands, but how does one reason with a demon, and how far will Alfa go to make amends to his dead friend? At first his comrades look at Alfa's deeds with admiration, but soon rumors begin to circulate that this super soldier isn't a hero, but a sorcerer, a soul-eater. Anxious to avenge the death of his friend and find forgiveness for himself, he begins a macabre ritual: every night he sneaks across enemy lines to find and murder a blue-eyed German soldier, and every night he returns to base, unharmed, with the German's severed hand. Unable to commit this mercy killing, madness creeps into Alfa's mind as he comes to see this refusal as a cruel moment of cowardice. When his friend Mademba Diop, in the same regiment, is seriously injured in battle, Diop begs Alfa to kill him and spare him the pain of a long and agonizing death in No Man's Land. Selected by students across France to win the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, David Diop's English-language, historical fiction debut At Night All Blood is Black is a "powerful, hypnotic, and dark novel" ( Livres Hebdo) of terror and transformation in the trenches of the First World War.Īlfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who, never before having left his village, finds himself fighting as a so-called "Chocolat" soldier with the French army during World War I. ![]()
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With the demand for South Korean content at an all-time high, streaming platforms are allocating more resources to develop K-drama titles. From All That We Loved, starring EXO’s Sehun, to the sci-fi series Black Knight and the time-travel romance My Perfect Stranger, take a dekko at all the upcoming Korean dramas set for a May 2023 release. ![]() ![]() ![]() I might as well say it right now: I'm a bit disappointed with this book or at least the first two thirds of it. Entwined in this puppy love story is a story about The Good Man, Farson and how the "moving on" of the world started. The rest of the story is quite different from the first three books – it's mostly concerned with Roland and his first love (Susan, who has been mentioned a couple of times in the other books). ![]() Our Ka-tet makes it of Blain (what did you expect? The book ending on page sixty? – The interesting part is how). The book starts of where DT3 ended – on Blain the Pain. Grant mailed the hardcover version to me a month ago (I just haven't received it yet). ![]() I didn't hesitate one moment when I found the trade paperback, regardless of the fact D.M. Pew! I've been waiting for this book for a looong time, maybe too long. ![]() ![]() ![]() Leo is the camp's co-chef, putting Abby's growing feelings for him on blast. But there are complications: Savvy is a rigid rule-follower and total narc. The logical course of action? Meet up at summer camp (obviously) and figure out why Abby's parents gave Savvy up for adoption. When the DNA service reveals Abby has a secret sister, shimmery-haired Instagram star Savannah Tully, it's hard to believe they're from the same planet, never mind the same parents - especially considering Savannah, queen of green smoothies, is only a year and a half older than Abby herself. (Big Embarrassing Incident) with Leo, things have been awkward on that front.īut she didn't know she's a younger sister. ![]() Best friend to Leo and Connie.although ever since the B.E.I. After all, she knows who she is already: Avid photographer. When Abby signs up for a DNA service, it's mainly to give her friend and secret love interest, Leo, a nudge. A new love, a secret sister, and a summer she'll never forget.įrom the beloved author of Tweet Cute comes Emma Lord's You Have a Match, a hilarious and heartfelt novel of romance, sisterhood, and friendship. ![]() ![]() ![]() The play is not only based on feminism but also radicalization of society and rebelling against authority. ![]() She exhibits excellent strength and bravery over all the male characters who scorn her just because she is of the opposite sex that is considered weak (Sophocles, 1984). Antigone is a female person who fights for her position in a male-dominated society. Antigone, for instance, is a poem that focuses on feminism. In general, it handles matters that are sensitive in the current society. The Three Theban Plays books, on the other hand, provide an in-depth view of gender issues, tragedy, and religion. ![]() Based on the poem, there is no beginning or end of the Trojan war however, it scrutinizes the start and end of Achilles’ anger, thus limiting the scope from the larger conflict to the warring individuals. However, Achilles’ absence only lasts for a few days before the epic ends. By the time Agamemnon and Achilles start arguing, the Trojan conflict has lasted for almost a decade. Although the entire poem is based on the Trojan conflict, the totality of the battle only provides background information rather than the subject matter. To be specific, The Iliad focuses on Achilles’ fury from its start, the destruction of the Archean army, and finally, how Achilles’ anger becomes directed to the Trojans (Fagles, 1991). The opening word of the poem “rage” tells it all. Similar to other old epic poems, The Iliad, for instance, sets the main subject of the story from the beginning. The Iliad book offers insight into the rise and fall of kings and the conflicts they encountered. ![]() ![]() And somehow, Monica is at the center of it all. Some people in town know more than they're saying. Whatever happened five years ago isn't over. There are the letters in her stepdad's desk, an unearthed, years-old cell phone, a strange new friend at school. Only, Monica's world is starting to unravel. ![]() Now the faculty and students at Sunnybrook High want to remember the lost cheerleaders. No one wanted to be reminded of the girls they'd lost. After her suicide, Sunnybrook High disbanded the cheer squad. Monica's sister was the last cheerleader to die. The police shot him, so no one will ever know his reasons. Those two girls were killed by the man next door. There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook.įirst there was the car accident - two girls dead after hitting a tree on a rainy night. ![]() " (Riley Sager, best-selling author of Final Girls )Ī Goodreads Best Young Adult Book of the Year Nomineeįrom the author of The Darkest Corners and Little Monsters comes an all-new edge-of-your-seat thriller set in upstate New York about an eerie sequence of seemingly unrelated events that leaves five cheerleaders dead. "A little bit Riverdale and a little bit Veronica Mars. "A crafty, dark, and disturbing story." (Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times best-selling author of Girl in Pieces ) Mcmanus, New York Times best-selling author of One of Us Is Lying ) "Sharp, brilliantly plotted, and totally engrossing." (Karen M. ![]() |