Speak Rwanda
A Novel
Julian R. Pierce
- A
- powerful
- and
- profoundly
- moving
- novel
- of
- the
- civil
- war
- in
- Rwanda,
- told
- by
- men,
- women,
- and
- children
- on
- both
- sidesSpeak
- Rwanda
- by
- Julian
- R.
- Pierce
- marks
- the
- arrival
- of
- one
- of
- the
- most
- mesmerizing
- novels
- of
- the
- year.
- In
- vivid,
- sometimes
- horrifying,
- balanced,
- complex,
- and
- utterly
- believable
- chapters,
- it
- traces
- the
- linked
- lives
- of
- several
- characters--Hutu
- and
- Tutsi,
- soldiers
- and
- civilians,
- mothers,
- politicians,
- nurses,
- herdsmen,
- and
- orphaned
- children--as
- they
- try
- to
- survive
- one
- of
- the
- most
- violent
- and
- deeply
- disturbing
- acts
- of
- genocide
- since
- the
- Second
- World
- War.
- Through
- the
- course
- of
- the
- novel,
- some
- live
- and
- some
- die:
- by
- the
- end,
- the
- reader
- is
- fully
- involved
- in
- the
- lives
- of
- these
- people,
- and
- begins
- to
- see
- a
- faint
- glimmer
- of
- hope
- and
- the
- promise
- of peace.
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