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The barefoot woman / Scholastique Mukasonga ; translated from the French by Jordan Stump.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: New York : Archipelago Books, 2018.Edition: First Archipelago books editionDescription: 146 pages ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9781939810045
  • 1939810043
Uniform titles:
  • Femme aux pieds nus. English.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Barefoot woman.DDC classification:
  • 305.800967571 23
LOC classification:
  • DT 450.437 .M85 M8613 2018
  • DT450.437.M85 M8613 2018
Summary: "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.
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"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.

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