All Your Children, Scattered
Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse
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Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
FINALIST FOR THE 2023 FRENCH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION TRANSLATION PRIZE
WINNER OF THE PRIX ÉTHIOPHILE, THE PRIX DES RACINES ET DES MOTS, AND THE PRIX DES CINQ CONTINENTS DE LA FRANCOPHONIE
Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse’s debut novel follows three generations torn apart by the genocide against the Tutsis, as they try to reconnect with one another, rebuild broken relationships, and find their place in today’s world.
Blanche 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.
“This story tells all our stories.”—Gaël Faye, author of Small Country
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Rwanda, identity, historical fiction, Rwandan genocide, resilient, family drama, motherhood, African Literature, survivors, literary, debut, poetic, Tutsi, exile, genocide, mixed-race, France, war, French Literature