Small country : a novel /
Small country : a novel /
"Burundi, 1992. For ten-year-old Gabriel, life in his comfortable expatriate neighborhood of Bujumbura with his French father, Rwandan mother and little sister Ana, is something close to paradise. These are carefree days of laughter and adventure--sneaking Supermatch cigarettes and gorging on s...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English, translated from the French. |
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London ; New York :
Hogarth,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First United States edition. |
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| Summary: | "Burundi, 1992. For ten-year-old Gabriel, life in his comfortable expatriate neighborhood of Bujumbura with his French father, Rwandan mother and little sister Ana, is something close to paradise. These are carefree days of laughter and adventure--sneaking Supermatch cigarettes and gorging on stolen mangoes--as he and his mischievous gang of friends transform their tiny cul-de-sac into their kingdom. But dark clouds are gathering over this small country, and soon their peaceful existence will shatter when Burundi, and neighboring Rwanda, are brutally hit by civil war and genocide. A novel of extraordinary power and beauty, Small Country describes an end of innocence as seen through the eyes of a child caught in the maelstrom of history. Shot through with shadows and light, tragedy and humor, it is a stirring tribute not only to a dark chapter in Africa's past, but also to the bright days that preceded it."-- |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in France as Petit Pays by Éditions Grasset in 2016"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 183 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781524759872 1524759872 |