First Blood
"First Blood" is an ambiguous narrative space where autobiography intertwines with novel, and stark reality merges with creative imagination. In 1964, Patrick Nothomb, the Belgian ambassador in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is captured by an armed group. While in captivity, he reflects on his entire life, reconsidering everything—from his identity and origins to the world around him in his present moment. Through the exploration of this public figure's life, the author presents a period of history in all its political, social, and cultural facets, along with its psychological and emotional repercussions on a man known to all as the captive ambassador, yet known to her by countless traits simply because he is, after all, her father.
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First Blood
"First Blood" is an ambiguous narrative space where autobiography intertwines with novel, and stark reality merges with creative imagination. In 1964, Patrick Nothomb, the Belgian ambassador in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is captured by an armed group. While in captivity, he reflects on his entire life, reconsidering everything—from his identity and origins to the world around him in his present moment. Through the exploration of this public figure's life, the author presents a period of history in all its political, social, and cultural facets, along with its psychological and emotional repercussions on a man known to all as the captive ambassador, yet known to her by countless traits simply because he is, after all, her father.
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"First Blood" is an ambiguous narrative space where autobiography intertwines with novel, and stark reality merges with creative imagination. In 1964, Patrick Nothomb, the Belgian ambassador in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is captured by an armed group. While in captivity, he reflects on his entire life, reconsidering everything—from his identity and origins to the world around him in his present moment. Through the exploration of this public figure's life, the author presents a period of history in all its political, social, and cultural facets, along with its psychological and emotional repercussions on a man known to all as the captive ambassador, yet known to her by countless traits simply because he is, after all, her father.

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ISBN-13: 9786030534111
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Publication date: 06/01/2025
Sold by: Bookwire
Format: eBook
Pages: 130
File size: 689 KB
Age Range: 16 - 18 Years
Language: Arabic

About the Author

Amélie Nothomb was born in Japan to Belgian parents in 1967. She lives in Paris. Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages and counting, and have been awarded numerous prizes including the French Academy’s Grand Prix for the Novel, the René-Fallet, Alain-Fournier, and Jean-Giono prizes. 


Alison Anderson spent many years in California; she now lives in a Swiss village and works as a literary translator. Her translations include The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery and works by Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio. She has also written two novels and is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Translation Fellowship.

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