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A young man journeys from Paris to Rwanda to discover the truth about his mother’s past and the country of her birth, from bestselling and prize-winning Rwandan-French novelist and hip-hop artist Gaël Faye‘A luminous poetic quality … unforgettable’ Leïla Slimani‘Utterly, captivatingly brilliant’ Philippe SandsMilan – the twelve-year-old son of a French father and a Rwandan mother – blames flunking his exams on the emotional trauma of the genocide in his mother’s homeland. It’s a convenient excuse: growing up outside Paris in the 1990s, the violence is an abstraction that only reaches him through distant television broadcasts.That is, until Milan’s mother introduces him to Claude, a young cousin with a bandaged head who has come to France seeking medical treatment. Thrilled to have a new playmate, Milan treats Claude as a brother until one day, he is sent back to Rwanda as quickly as he came.Four years later, Milan travels for the first time to Rwanda, encountering a beguiling country and family members he never knew existed, and reuniting with Claude. But the trip raises more questions than it answers – about Milan's family history, the war and its aftershocks.Over the course of many years, Milan returns to Rwanda again and again, compelled to confront the past and imagine a new kind of future. Jacaranda is a deeply felt portrait of a man seeking to understand his family and his nation.‘A writer of great promise and grace’ Chigozie Obioma‘Gaël Faye’s talent is breathtaking’ Imbolo Mbue

An international sensation, Small Country is a beautiful but harrowing tale of coming-of-age in the face of civil war.'A luminous debut novel…Faye dramatises the terrible nostalgia of having lost not only a childhood but also a whole world to war' GuardianBurundi, 1992. For ten-year-old Gabriel, life in his comfortable expat neighbourhood of Bujumbura with his French father, Rwandan mother and little sister, Ana, is something close to paradise. These are happy, carefree days spent with his friends sneaking cigarettes and stealing mangoes, swimming in the lake and riding bikes in the streets they have turned into their kingdom. But dark clouds are gathering over this small country, and soon their peaceful idyll will shatter when Burundi and neighbouring Rwanda are brutally hit by war.‘Unforgettable… Gaël Faye’s talent is breathtaking’ Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers

A young man journeys from Paris to Rwanda to discover the truth about his family’s past in this bestselling, prize-winning novel from internationally renowned Rwandan-French novelist and hip-hop artist Gaël Faye.“There is magic in Gaël Faye’s writing . . . This book is unforgettable.” —Leïla Slimani, internationally bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny“Gaël Faye’s talent is breathtaking.” —Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the DreamersMilan—the twelve-year-old son of a French father and a Rwandan mother—blames flunking his exams on the emotional toll of the genocide in his mother’s homeland. In truth, his mother never talks about Rwanda; the violence is an abstraction that only reaches their French suburb through television broadcasts. That is, until Milan meets Claude, a small boy with a bandaged head whom Milan’s mother introduces as a cousin who has come to France seeking medical treatment. Milan embraces him as the brother he’s always wanted—until, one day, Claude is sent back to Rwanda without warning, leaving him heartbroken and confused.Four years later, the boys reunite as teenagers when Milan visits Rwanda for the first time with his mother in the wake of her divorce and discovers a more fractured and vibrant community than he could have imagined. But the trip raises more questions for him than it answers—about family, the war, and its aftershocks. Over the course of many years, Milan will return to Rwanda again and again, compelled to unearth the secrets that have taken root in the shadows of long silences, confront the past, and imagine a new future.Partly inspired by acclaimed author Gaël Faye’s own relationship with Rwanda and its history, Jacaranda is a rich and deeply felt portrait of a man seeking to understand his family and his nation as it heals from the unthinkable.

An international sensation, Small Country is a beautiful but harrowing tale of coming-of-age in the face of civil war.'A luminous debut novel…Faye dramatises the terrible nostalgia of having lost not only a childhood but also a whole world to war' GuardianBurundi, 1992. For ten-year-old Gabriel, life in his comfortable expat neighbourhood of Bujumbura with his French father, Rwandan mother and little sister, Ana, is something close to paradise. These are happy, carefree days spent with his friends sneaking cigarettes and stealing mangoes, swimming in the lake and riding bikes in the streets they have turned into their kingdom. But dark clouds are gathering over this small country, and soon their peaceful idyll will shatter when Burundi and neighbouring Rwanda are brutally hit by war.‘Unforgettable… Gaël Faye’s talent is breathtaking’ Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers

A young man journeys from Paris to Rwanda to discover the truth about his mother’s past and the country of her birth, from bestselling and prize-winning Rwandan-French novelist and hip-hop artist Gaël Faye‘A luminous poetic quality … unforgettable’ Leïla Slimani‘Utterly, captivatingly brilliant’ Philippe SandsMilan – the twelve-year-old son of a French father and a Rwandan mother – blames flunking his exams on the emotional trauma of the genocide in his mother’s homeland. It’s a convenient excuse: growing up outside Paris in the 1990s, the violence is an abstraction that only reaches him through distant television broadcasts.That is, until Milan’s mother introduces him to Claude, a young cousin with a bandaged head who has come to France seeking medical treatment. Thrilled to have a new playmate, Milan treats Claude as a brother until one day, he is sent back to Rwanda as quickly as he came.Four years later, Milan travels for the first time to Rwanda, encountering a beguiling country and family members he never knew existed, and reuniting with Claude. But the trip raises more questions than it answers – about Milan's family history, the war and its aftershocks.Over the course of many years, Milan returns to Rwanda again and again, compelled to confront the past and imagine a new kind of future. Jacaranda is a deeply felt portrait of a man seeking to understand his family and his nation.‘A writer of great promise and grace’ Chigozie Obioma‘Gaël Faye’s talent is breathtaking’ Imbolo Mbue

An ode to the endless afternoons of childhood, when boredom can offer a portal into another world.   As a kid growing up in Burundi, Gaël was lucky enough to get bored. He didn’t have school in the afternoons, and his family didn’t have a computer or a television. So he had to learn to use his imagination to invent games and ways to pass the time: a mess of furniture in the living room became a jungle for his superheroes to brave; bananas leaves transformed into sailing ships. With a poetic text from acclaimed Rwandan-French author, hip-hop artist, and musician Gaël Faye and featuring lush illustrations by award-winning illustrator Hippolyte comes Endless Afternoons, a journey into the magical world of a boring summer afternoon.

Reclam Lektüreschlüssel XL – hier findest du alle Informationen, um dich zielsicher und schnell vorzubereiten: auf Klausur, Referat, Abitur oder Matura! Differenziert, umfassend, übersichtlich!- Lektüreschlüssel zu französischen Werken sind auf Deutsch verfasst, enthalten aber das wichtigste Vokabular für die Analyse auf Französisch- Präzise Inhaltsangaben zum Einstieg in den Text- Klare Analysen von Figuren, Aufbau, Sprache und Stil- Zuverlässige Interpretationen mit prägnanten Textbelegen- Informationen zu Autor:innen und historischem Kontext- Hilfreiche Infografiken, Abbildungen und Tabellen- Aktuelle Literatur- und Medientipps- Prüfungsaufgaben mit Lösungshinweisen auf Französisch- Zentrale Begriffe und Definitionen als Lernglossar auf FranzösischDer 33-jährige Gabriel blickt auf seine Kindheit in Burundi zurück: Der glückliche und behütete Alltag des Jungen endet abrupt, als ethnische Konflikte zwischen den Hutu und Tutsi eskalieren und in einen blutigen Bürgerkrieg münden. Freundschaften, Familie und Heimat werden zerstört. Gaby überlebt den Völkermord, doch im französischen Exil fühlt er sich fremd und sehnt sich nach seinen Wurzeln. Gaël Fayes autofiktionaler Debütroman erzählt eine bewegende Geschichte über die Suche nach Identität und die Macht von Erinnerungen.

Die dramatische Geschichte einer Tutsi-Familie, eines Landes, einer VersöhnungMilan ist ein ganz normaler Junge aus Versailles. Bis zu dem Tag, an dem Claude auftaucht, ein Verwandter seiner Mutter aus Ruanda. Als Claude wieder verschwindet, lässt Milan die Erinnerung an den kleinen »Bruder« nicht mehr los. Warum hat die Mutter ihn nie erwähnt, warum kennt Milan Ruanda nur aus den Abendnachrichten? Erst als junger Mann reist er nach Kigali, freundet sich wieder mit Claude an und dem undurchsichtigen Sartre. Reise um Reise beginnt Milan das Familiengeheimnis aufzudecken, begreift, dass sich Ruanda noch immer vom Völkermord an den Tutsi erholen muss. Mit der für ihn typischen Sanftheit verfolgt Gaël Faye die Lebenswege seiner Figuren, erzählt von Dialog und Vergebung. Ein Buch, aus dem man verändert hervorgeht.Ausgezeichnet mit dem Prix Renaudot»Zutiefst bewegend. Es gibt kein anderes Wort.« 20 minutes

"Bevor all das geschah, von dem ich hier erzählen werde, gab es nur das Glück, das nicht erklärt werden musste. Wenn man mich fragte, wie geht es dir, habe ich geantwortet: Gut." Damals traf sich Gabriel mit seinen Freunden auf der Straße, erlebte seine Kindheit wie in einem paradiesischen Kokon. Bis seine Familie zerbrach und fast zur selben Zeit sein kleines Land, Burundi, bei einem Militärputsch unvorstellbare Grausamkeiten erdulden musste. Bis seine Mutter den Verstand verlor. Zwanzig Jahre später erst, nach der Flucht mit seiner Schwester in ein fernes, fremdes Frankreich, kehrt Gabriel in eine Welt zurück, die er längst verschwunden glaubte. Doch er findet dort etwas wieder, das er für unwiederbringlich verloren hielt. - "Kleines Land" ist ein überwältigendes Buch, voller Schrecken und Glückseligkeit, Güte und ewiger Verlorenheit - ein Stück französischer Weltliteratur im allerbesten Sinne.