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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457751603321

Autore

Diop Boubacar Boris

Titolo

Murambi, The Book of Bones [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-282-07287-0

0-253-11206-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Mc LaughlinFiona

Disciplina

843.914

843/.914

Soggetti

Genocide

Genocide - Rwanda

French Literature

Romance Literatures

Languages & Literatures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword: An Urn for the Dead, an Hourglass for the Living; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "To call a monster by its name"; Part 1. Fear and Anger; Michel Serumundo; Faustin Gasana; Jessica; Part 2. The Return of Cornelius; Part 3. Genocide; Aloys Ndasingwa; Marina Nkusi; Jessica; Rosa Karemera; Doctor Joseph Karekezi; Jessica; Colonel EĢtienne Perrin; Jessica; Part 4. Murambi

Sommario/riassunto

""[W]hat is true of Rwanda is true in each of us; we all share in                Africa."" -- L'Harmattan""[This novel] comes closer than                have many political scientists or historians to trying to understand why this small                country... sank in such appalling violence."" -- Radio France                InternationalIn April of 1994, nearly a million Rwandans were                killed in what would prove to be one of the swiftest, most terrifying killing sprees                of the 20th century. In Murambi, The Book of Bones, Boubacar Boris Diop comes