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Murambi : the book of bones / Boubacar Boris Diop ; translated by Fiona Mc Laughlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diop, Boubacar Boris, 1946-
- Standardized Title:
- Murambi. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genocide--Rwanda--Fiction.
- Genocide.
- Rwanda--History--Civil War, 1994--Fiction.
- Rwanda.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""[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
- Contents:
- 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 Étienne Perrin; Jessica; Part 4. Murambi
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-07287-0
- 0-253-11206-0
- OCLC:
- 476030918
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