Running the rift : a novel /
Rwandan runner Jean Patrick Nkuba dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal and uniting his ethnically divided country, only to be driven from everyone he loves when the violence starts, after which he must find a way back to a better life.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill, NC :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Rwandan runner Jean Patrick Nkuba dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal and uniting his ethnically divided country, only to be driven from everyone he loves when the violence starts, after which he must find a way back to a better life. |
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| Physical Description: | 365 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Awards: | Winner, Bellwether Prize for Fiction, 2010 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-365). |
| ISBN: | 9781616200428 (hbk.) 1616200421 (hbk.) |