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Without Blood
Alessandro Baricco
As a child, a girl hides beneath the floor while armed men kill her family, and one of them chooses to spare her. Decades later she finds him. Alessandro Baricco's spare novel of war, vengeance and forgiveness.
Vivek’s Notes
Adapted by Angelina Jolie into a film starring Salma Hayek, Demián Bichir and Juan Minujín. It premiered at festivals in 2024 and releases on 18 September 2026.
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