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An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography
Contributor(s): Rusesabagina, Paul (Author), Zoellner, Tom (Author)
ISBN: 0143038605     ISBN-13: 9780143038603
Publisher: Penguin Books
OUR PRICE:   $16.20  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2007
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Annotation: The riveting life story of Rusesabagina--the man whose heroism inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda"--is sure to become a classic of tolerance literature. "An Ordinary Man" explores what the film could not: the inner life of the man who became one of the most prominent public faces of that terrible conflict. 8-page photo insert.
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.12" W x 7.76" (0.38 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1950-1999
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
- Cultural Region - African
 
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The remarkable autobiography of Paul Rusesabagina, the globally-recognized human rights champion whose heroism inspired the film Hotel Rwanda

"Fascinating...your book is called An Ordinary Man, yet you took on an extraordinary feat with courage, determination, and diplomacy." - Oprah, O, The Oprah Magazine

As Rwanda was thrown into chaos during the 1994 genocide, Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, turned the luxurious Hotel Milles Collines into a refuge for more than 1,200 Tutsi and moderate Hutu refugees, while fending off their would-be killers with a combination of diplomacy and deception. In An Ordinary Man, he tells the story of his childhood, retraces his accidental path to heroism, revisits the 100 days in which he was the only thing standing between his "guests" and a hideous death, and recounts his subsequent life as a refugee and activist.