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Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse - All Your Children, Scattered, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

All Your Children, Scattered

Av Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse

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"Timeless, vivid and utterly essential." Fergal Keane, author of The MadnessAN AWARD WINNING NOVEL FOLLOWING THREE GENERATIONS TORN APART BY THE TUTSI GENOCIDEBlanche returns to Rwanda after building a life in Bordeaux with her husband and young son, Stokely. Reuniting with her mother Immaculata, old wounds are reopened for both mother and daughter while Stokely, caught between two countries, tries to understand where he comes from and where he belongs.Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse’s unforgettable debut novel follows three generations torn apart by the genocide against the Tutsis, as they try to reconnect with one another, rebuild broken links and find their place in today’s world. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING"Beautiful and breath-taking." Lizzy on Netgalley"This is a book to read and re-read." Jo Ann on Goodreads"This book was intense and filled me with emotion... Truly memorable and lyrical." Rachel on Netgalley"Raw, heartfelt and full of pain [with] so many poetic and spine tingling quotes." Sharmila on Netgalley"A literary feat through and through." Thomas on Goodreads"I just can't recommend it enough." Kacey on Netgalley"A beautiful and heartbreaking book." Elizabeth on Goodreads
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2023-02-23
  • Mått: 135 x 210 x 21 mm
  • Vikt: 200 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 192
  • Förlag: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781787704053
  • Översättare: Alison Anderson
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Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse was born in Butare, Rwanda in 1979. Surviving the genocide against the Tutsis, she moved to France in 1994 to study political science and work for humanitarian causes. She is now an acclaimed novelist and poet.Alison Anderson is a literary translator and author of three novels, Hidden Latitudes, Darwin’s Wink and The Summer Guest. She has translated over thirty novels from French, including Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog and the works by Nobel laureate JMG Le Clézio.

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“Three generations of a family torn apart by the Tutsi genocide try to reconnect with their homeland and each other.”

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