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Item Details
Title:
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A SUNDAY AT THE POOL IN KIGALI
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By: |
Gil Courtemanche, Patricia Claxton (Trans) |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£9.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1841955256 |
ISBN 13: |
9781841955254 |
Publisher: |
CANONGATE BOOKS LTD |
Pub. date: |
28 June, 2004 |
Edition: |
Main |
Pages: |
320 |
Translated from: |
French |
Description: |
A beautifully written and highly emotive novel based on the true events of the Rwandan genocide |
Synopsis: |
The swimming pool of the Mille-Collines hotel is a magnet for a privileged group of Kigali residents: aid-workers, Rwandan bourgeoisie, soldiers, prostitutes and assorted expatriates. Among these patrons is the waitress Gentille, a beautiful Hutu often mistaken for a Tutsi, long admired by Valcourt, a Canadian journalist and film-maker. As the two test the water with a love affair, civil unrest in Rwanda makes insidious, inevitable progress. An immensely powerful, cathartic denunciation of poverty, ignorance, global apathy and media blindness. A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali is both a poignant love story and a stirring hymn to humanity - an essential read for anyone interested in exceptional literature of lasting value. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Canongate Books Ltd |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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