Books by Scholastique Mukasonga (9)
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Cockroaches by Scholastique Mukasonga EN
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Mukasonga unsparingly resurrects the horrors of the Rwandan geocide while lyrically recording the quieter moments of daily life with her family—a moving tribute to all those who are displaced, who suffer. Mukasonga’s extraordinary, lyrical, and heartbreaking book … is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about the endurance of the human spirit and who hopes for a better world. — Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Los Angeles Review of Books Scholastique Mukasonga’s Cockroaches is a compelling chronicle of the author’s childhood in the years leading up to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. In a spare and pen... continue
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Coeur tambour by Scholastique Mukasonga FR
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"Personne ne savait plus trop qui était cette présumée princesse africaine appelée Nyabinghi. Son nom était venu s'échouer sur les plages de la Jamaïque en d'étranges circonstances... Le 12 décembre 1935, peu de temps avant l'invasion de l'Ethiopie par l'Italie fasciste, paraissait dans le journal Jamaïca Times un article intitulé "Une société secrète pour détruire les Blancs" : vingt millions de nègres, au nom d'une mystérieuse reine appelée Nya-Binghi, allaient déferler sur l'Europe et l'Amérique, Nya-Binghi signifiant "mort aux Blancs". Les rastas, qui adoptèrent le nom de nyabinghi, n'avai... continue
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Igifu by Scholastique Mukasonga EN
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The stories in Igifu summon phantom memories of Rwanda and radiate with the fierce ache of a survivor. From the National Book Award finalist who Zadie Smith says, "rescues a million souls from the collective noun genocide." Scholastique Mukasonga's autobiographical stories rend a glorious Rwanda from the obliterating force of recent history, conjuring the noble cows of her home or the dew-swollen grass they graze on. In the title story, five-year-old Colomba tells of a merciless overlord, hunger or igifu, gnawing away at her belly. She searches for sap at the bud of a flower, scraps of sweet p... continue
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Kibogo by Scholastique Mukasonga EN
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A new masterwork of satire, lore and living memory from the leading voice of French Rwandan literature.
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Kibogos Himmelfahrt : Roman | Ein moderner Mythos, die literarische Karambolage all der konkurrierenden Geschichten in einem kolonisierten Land by Scholastique Mukasonga DE
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Ein wunderbarer Ruanda-Roman voller kleiner Legenden, Mythen und Abenteuererzählungen in einem Ton, der zum Teil an die Evangelien erinnert, zum Teil an eine Art zentralafrikanische Odyssee, der manchmal aber auch ganz leicht ist, umgangssprachlich und heiter das sehr komplexe koloniale und postkoloniale Gefüge beschreibt, das ja derzeit auch in Europa eine vermehrte kritische Aufarbeitung erfährt. Kurzum, Mukasongas Romane, sie hat mehrere geschrieben und bei Gallimard in Frankreich veröffentlicht, einen weiteren werden wir vermutlich im Frühjhar oder Herbst 2025 bringen, sind literarisch fas... continue
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Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga EN
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Introducing Scholastique Mukasonga to the UK: a major international author and her brilliant and award-winning first novel.
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Sister Deborah by Scholastique Mukasonga FR
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A sharp and playful critique of colonialism from the leading voice of French-Rwandan literature, animated by memories, archival specters, and powerful women “In sentences of great beauty and restraint, Mukasonga rescues a million souls from the collective noun ‘genocide,’ returning them to us as individual human beings.” — Zadie Smith In a 4-part narrative brimming with historical asides, alluring anecdotes, and murky questions left in the margins of colonial records, Sister Deborah heralds “a life that is more alive” as it explores the tensions and myths of Rwanda’s past. When time-worn ances... continue
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The Barefoot Woman by Scholastique Mukasonga EN
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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE A moving, unforgettable tribute to a Tutsi woman who did everything to protect her children from the Rwandan genocide, by the daughter who refuses to let her family's story be forgotten. The story of the author's mother, a fierce, loving woman who for years protected her family from the violence encroaching upon them in pre-genocide Rwanda. Recording her memories of their life together in spare, wrenching prose, Mukasonga preserves her mother's voice in a haunting work of art.