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This coming-of-age novel tells the story of a young boy named Gabriel growing up in Burundi in the early 1990’s. His youth is, in many ways, unexceptional. Until. He is the son of a French father and a Tutsi Rwandan mother. Gabriel visits Rwanda just before the genocide comes into full force. The backlash in Burundi causes Tutsi to preemptive violence against Hutus in this neighboring country. The writing here is absolutely beautiful. This novel has so much to say about childhood, violence, grief and humanity. There was a feel here of other writing that I loved: The Seven Good Years by Etgar Keret and The Body (the short story that Stand By Me is based upon) by Stephen King, especially. Highly recommended.
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