An immensely powerful, cathartic denunciation of poverty, ignorance, global apathy and media blindness. 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. The swimming pool of the Mille-Collines hotel is a magnet for a privileged group of Kigali residents: aid-workers, Rwandan bourgeoisie, soldiers and assorted expatriates. Prostitutes and birds abound too. 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.
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Review:
"A Heart of Darkness for today." -- Yann Martel
"A moving and brave meditation on love and evil as well as a scathing indictment." -- New Internationalist
"Corrosive, denunciatory... and beautifully written." -- Le Devoir, Montreal
"Courtemanche’s style is one of superb control. No one is left unexamined." -- The Voice
"Do not expect it to leave you untouched." -- Jonathan Kaplan, author of The Dressing Station
Book Description:
A modern classic of immense power and poignancy set amidst the horror of war
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- PublisherCanongate Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1841954330
- ISBN 13 9781841954332
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages276
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