Our Lady of the Nile : A Novel (Paperback)

from hemlokgang

This debut novel by Rwandan author Scholastique Mukasonga is an excellent vehicle for some Rwandan history. Set in an elite girls boarding school, Our Lady of The Nile, a group of seniors navigate their final year at school, a year leading up to the beginning of Hutu massacre of the Tutsis. Event...

from stillatim

I've always thought that choosing a good topic was a important skill for non-fiction writers. And implicitly, at least, I've thought the same thing for novelists and poets--I'm much less likely to read books that just mull over the same material. Well, Mukasonga chose a topic that's both very app...

from EBT1002

Set in Rwanda in 1979, this is the story of a girls' school set high in the mountains near the supposed source of the River Nile. Written and translated beautifully, it begins as a light and amusing tale of girls from different backgrounds, all (or almost all) members of the political elite, jock...

from EBT1002

Set in Rwanda in 1979, this is the story of a girls' school set high in the mountains near the supposed source of the River Nile. Written and translated beautifully, it begins as a light and amusing tale of girls from different backgrounds, all (or almost all) members of the political elite, jock...