Without Blood
Without Blood by Alessandro Baricco, published by Canongate in 2004, is a poignant exploration of violence and mercy. This edition, available in English and spanning 87 pages, begins with a tragic act of vendetta that leaves a young girl, Nina, as the sole survivor. Her extraordinary escape is marked by an act of compassion, setting the stage for a narrative that unfolds over decades.
As the story progresses, readers will find Nina as an elderly woman who encounters her childhood savior, prompting deep reflections on their intertwined pasts and the events of that fateful night. The book delves into themes of longing, memory, and forgiveness, offering a haunting perspective on the impact of violence and the complexities of human relationships. Ann Goldstein’s translation captures Baricco’s distinctive prose, allowing English-speaking audiences to engage with this evocative tale.
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Without Blood starts with a terrible act of violence – a vendetta to kill a man and his family. Only the daughter, Nina, survives. She is four. And she survives because of an extraordinary act of mercy. In the second section of the novel Nina is an old woman. She meets again her childhood saviour and the reunion brings about all sorts of reappraisals of their respective 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 longing, memory and forgiveness. Ann Goldstein’s superb translation captures Baricco’s effortless prose style and gives people in Britain the opportunity to experience this gem of a novel that has delighted hundreds of thousands of readers across Europe.
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