The barefoot woman /
Mukasonga, Scholastique,
The barefoot woman / Scholastique Mukasonga ; translated from the French by Jordan Stump. - First Archipelago books edition. - 146 pages ; 18 cm
"A moving, unforgettable tribute to a Tutsi woman who did everything to protect her children from the Rwandan genocide, by the daughter who refuses to let her family's story be forgotten. The story of the author's mother, a fierce, loving woman who for years protected her family from the violence encroaching upon them in pre-genocide Rwanda. Recording her memories of their life together in spare, wrenching prose, Mukasonga preserves her mother's voice in a haunting work of art."--Provided by publisher.
In English, translated from the French.
9781939810045 1939810043
40028784529
2018025794
GBB8I1477 bnb
019072680 Uk
Mukasonga, Stefania.
Mukasonga, Scholastique.
Genocide--History--Rwanda--20th century.
Tutsi (African people)--Crimes against--History--Rwanda--20th century.
Hutu (African people)--Politics and government--Rwanda--20th century.
Women--Rwanda--Biography.
Rwanda--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
Rwanda--History--Atrocities.--Civil War, 1994
Rwanda--Biography.
Biographies.
The barefoot woman / Scholastique Mukasonga ; translated from the French by Jordan Stump. - First Archipelago books edition. - 146 pages ; 18 cm
"A moving, unforgettable tribute to a Tutsi woman who did everything to protect her children from the Rwandan genocide, by the daughter who refuses to let her family's story be forgotten. The story of the author's mother, a fierce, loving woman who for years protected her family from the violence encroaching upon them in pre-genocide Rwanda. Recording her memories of their life together in spare, wrenching prose, Mukasonga preserves her mother's voice in a haunting work of art."--Provided by publisher.
In English, translated from the French.
9781939810045 1939810043
40028784529
2018025794
GBB8I1477 bnb
019072680 Uk
Mukasonga, Stefania.
Mukasonga, Scholastique.
Genocide--History--Rwanda--20th century.
Tutsi (African people)--Crimes against--History--Rwanda--20th century.
Hutu (African people)--Politics and government--Rwanda--20th century.
Women--Rwanda--Biography.
Rwanda--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
Rwanda--History--Atrocities.--Civil War, 1994
Rwanda--Biography.
Biographies.