| A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali Contributor(s): Courtemanche, Gil (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400034345 ISBN-13: 9781400034345 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali is a moving, passionate love story set amid the turmoil and terror of Rwanda's genocide. All manner of Kigali residents pass their time by the pool of the Mille-Collines hotel: aid workers, Rwandan bourgeoisie, expatriates, UN peacekeepers, prostitutes. Keeping a watchful eye is Bernard Valcourt, a jaded foreign journalist, but his closest attention is devoted to Gentille, a hotel waitress with the slender, elegant build of a Tutsi. As they slip into an intense, improbable affair, the delicately balanced world around them-already devastated by AIDS-erupts in a Hutu-led genocide against the Tutsi people. Valcourt's efforts to spirit Gentille to safety end in their separation. It will be months before he learns of his lover's shocking fate. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.24" W x 8.04" (0.45 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's - Cultural Region - African |
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| Publisher Description: A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali is a moving, passionate love story set amid the turmoil and terror of Rwanda's genocide. All manner of Kigali residents pass their time by the pool of the Mille-Collines hotel: aid workers, Rwandan bourgeoisie, expatriates, UN peacekeepers, prostitutes. Keeping a watchful eye is Bernard Valcourt, a jaded foreign journalist, but his closest attention is devoted to Gentille, a hotel waitress with the slender, elegant build of a Tutsi. As they slip into an intense, improbable affair, the delicately balanced world around them-already devastated by AIDS-erupts in a Hutu-led genocide against the Tutsi people. Valcourt's efforts to spirit Gentille to safety end in their separation. It will be months before he learns of his lover's shocking fate. |