Without Blood by Alessandro Baricco
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Without Blood is a dark fable that somehow manages to create a rich epic story of revenge without exceeding one hundred pages. The story involves a young girl Nina who witnesses the execution of both her father and brother. After this damaging incident she spends the rest of her life seeking revenge on the three men responsible. The story itself is deceptively simple, however its themes are anything but. Alessandro Baricco the best-selling author of Silk touches upon how the damages of war, the need for vengeance, and the mental scars we keep inside can continue to be passed on like a disease. While a story such as this could span more than ninety-seven pages, Baricco distils the narrative down to its basic elements. By doing this each moment of the story, every glimpse of the characters psyches, every word is imbued with more importance.