Without Blood

Description: After her father and brother are brutally murdered, 4 year old Nina is left for dead in the family house. Highly visual and unforgettably sad, Without Blood is a haunting book about damage, 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 already delighted hundreds of thousands of readers across Europe.

Review: "Contained in theses few page is a complete portrait of what it means to be human, at our most elemental, and the effect is awesome." The Observer; "It's a brief book but beautifully told. Anne Goldstein's translation preserves the subtle clarity of the original." The Times; "This is a fable for adults with its twin themes of revenge and redemption and fierce, haunting imagery. Baricco is the new Hans Christian Andersen." Daily Mail; "This book is a revelation, tightly executed, exhilarating and beautiful." Big Issue


Author Biography: Alessandro Baricco was bom in Turin in 1958. He has written four novels (Lands of Glass, Ocean Sea, Silk and City) all of which have been translated into English. He is also the author of two plays, and two collections of essays.