2021 International Booker Winning author David Diop's recommendations

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The Iliad of Homer

Homer

£19.98

Notably book 23, in which Patroclus’ ghost visits Achilles in a dream to reproach him for his abandonment.

The Trial: Metamorphosis: In the Penal Colony: Three Theatre Adaptations from Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka and Steven Berkoff

£11.48

The final, sacrificial scene of which never ceases to haunt me.

Totem and Taboo

Sigmund Freud

£26.33

On human justice and its links with ancient tragedy.

Allah Is Not Obliged

Ahmadou Kourouma

£9.99 £9.49

For its writing on violence.

Journey to the End of the Night

Louis-Ferdinand Celine

£9.99 £9.49

For its distinctive view point in the First World War.

The Palm-Wine Drinkard

Amos Tutuola

£9.99 £9.49

For his talent as a storyteller and his art of deriding death.

At Night All Blood is Black: WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2021

DAVID DIOP

£9.99 £9.49

Winner of the 2021 International Booker Prize

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