Our Lady of the Nile

Our Lady of the Nile
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Publisher : Archipelago
Total Pages : 213
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ISBN-10 : 9780914671046
ISBN-13 : 0914671049
Rating : 4/5 (049 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Our Lady of the Nile by : Scholastique Mukasonga

Download or read book Our Lady of the Nile written by Scholastique Mukasonga and published by Archipelago. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friendship, deceit, fear, and persecution at an elite boarding school for young women in Rwanda, fifteen years before the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi . . . “Mukasonga’s masterpiece” (Julian Lucas, NYRB) Scholastique Mukasonga drops us into an elite Catholic boarding school for young women perched on the edge of the Nile. Parents send their daughters to Our Lady of the Nile to be molded into respectable citizens and to escape the dangers of the outside world. Fifteen years prior to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, we watch as these girls try on their parents’ preconceptions and attitudes, transforming the lycée into a microcosm of the country’s mounting racial tensions and violence. In the midst of the interminable rainy season, everything unfolds behind the closed doors of the school: friendship, curiosity, fear, deceit, prejudice, and persecution. With masterful prose that is at once subtle and penetrating, Mukasonga captures a society hurtling towards horror.

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