The Barefoot Woman

The Barefoot Woman
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Publisher : Archipelago
Total Pages : 153
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ISBN-10 : 9781939810052
ISBN-13 : 1939810051
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Book Synopsis The Barefoot Woman by : Scholastique Mukasonga

Download or read book The Barefoot Woman written by Scholastique Mukasonga and published by Archipelago. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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