Novel
The War You Don’t Hate
- Publisher
- Véhicule Press, “Esplanade Books” series
- Published
- April 10, 2024
- Pages
- 400
- Price
- $22.95
- ISBN
- 9781550656558
- Language
- English
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The team behind the book
- Translation
- Dimitri Nasrallah
In Blaise Ndala’s magnificent second novel, originally published as Sans Capote Ni Kalachnikov in 2017, the paths of a Canadian documentary filmmaker and two former rebel soldiers from the Congo collide in this searing revenge tale about those who profit from the misery of others.
Los Angeles, 2002. Véronique Quesnel accepts the Best Documentary Oscar for “Sona: Rape and Terror in the Heart of Darkness”, basking in the praise of her privileged audience. She has drawn attention to “the center of gravity that is Black tragedy”, which attracted her away from her life in Montreal, and to the harrowing story of Sona, a young woman who escaped sex slavery. But this lauded film has also shone a dangerous spotlight on Véronique herself. In the Great Lakes region of Africa, Master Corporal Red Ant and his cousin Baby Che are stalking the remnants of the Second Congo War – the deadliest conflict since World War II. In search of truth and vengeance, their obsession now has a name.
Description from the publisher Véhicule Press, seen in October 2026 · Source ↗
Also by Blaise Ndala
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L'équation avant la nuit Blaise Ndala
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Dans le ventre du Congo Blaise Ndala
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Sans capote ni kalachnikov Blaise Ndala
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