A Sunday At The Pool In Kigali by Gil Courtemanche
The swimming pool of the Mille-Collines hotel is a magnet for a privileged group of Kigali residents: aid-workers, Rwandan bourgeoisie, soldiers, prostitutes and assorted expatriates. Among these patrons is the waitress Gentille, a beautiful Hutu often mistaken for a Tutsi, long admired by Valcourt, a Canadian journalist and film-maker. As the two test the water with a love affair, civil unrest in Rwanda makes insidious, inevitable progress. An immensely powerful, cathartic denunciation of poverty, ignorance, global apathy and media blindness. A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali is both a poignant love story and a stirring hymn to humanity - an essential read for anyone interested in exceptional literature of lasting value.
Astounding - It's no surprise that this book has won so many prizes* * Daily Mail * *
Exceptional ... you must read it. * * Sunday Times * *
Corrosive, denunciatory . . . and beautifully written. * * Le Devoir, Montreal * *
A voice that evokes humanity in all its depth and breadth, where the executioner and victim are brother and sister, where death is a daily occurrence. A voice I implore you to listen to . . . Through a felicitous mix of reportage and fiction, Courtemanche has powerfully portrayed a lucid character deeply engaged in a humanist quest. * * Le Journal de Montreal * *
Exceptional ... you must read it. * * Sunday Times * *
Corrosive, denunciatory . . . and beautifully written. * * Le Devoir, Montreal * *
A voice that evokes humanity in all its depth and breadth, where the executioner and victim are brother and sister, where death is a daily occurrence. A voice I implore you to listen to . . . Through a felicitous mix of reportage and fiction, Courtemanche has powerfully portrayed a lucid character deeply engaged in a humanist quest. * * Le Journal de Montreal * *
Gil Courtemanche is an author and journalist in international and third-world politics. His recent non-fiction works are Québec (1998) and Nouvelles douces colères (1999). Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali (2001) is his first novel. He also made an award-winning film called 'The Gospel of AIDS'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841955254 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841955256 |
| Title | A Sunday At The Pool In Kigali |
| Author | Gil Courtemanche |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2004-09-28 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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