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'Harvest of Skulls' describes people's first hand experience with the Rwandan genocide through interviews that Waberi did with citizens whose family and friends were killed in the genocide. Although this read is emotionally taxing, at only 80 pages the book will help you understand what happened through the lens of personal stories.

* The GW Hatchet *

The novel's fractured form lends the subject matter depth and scale; while the stories are each personal and intimate, the collective pain is vast. . . . Though brief, the novel poses large questions and insinuates itself into an ongoing literary discussion about how to record the horrific acts of the genocide. From the first line, Waberi's stunning book pays testimony to his delicate dilemma: 'One almost feels like opening with an apology for the very existence of this work.'

* Publishers Weekly *

Table of Contents

Preface Post-Genocide Rwanda
Acknowledgments

FICTIONS
Terminus
Cavalcade
And the dogs feasted

STORIES
No, Kigali is not sad
Return to Kigali
Bujumbura Beach

Afterword
Note on translations

Harvest of Skulls

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    A Paperback / softback by Abdourahman A. Waberi, Dominic Thomas

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/02/2017
      ISBN13: 9780253024329, 978-0253024329
      ISBN10: 0253024323

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      'Harvest of Skulls' describes people's first hand experience with the Rwandan genocide through interviews that Waberi did with citizens whose family and friends were killed in the genocide. Although this read is emotionally taxing, at only 80 pages the book will help you understand what happened through the lens of personal stories.

      * The GW Hatchet *

      The novel's fractured form lends the subject matter depth and scale; while the stories are each personal and intimate, the collective pain is vast. . . . Though brief, the novel poses large questions and insinuates itself into an ongoing literary discussion about how to record the horrific acts of the genocide. From the first line, Waberi's stunning book pays testimony to his delicate dilemma: 'One almost feels like opening with an apology for the very existence of this work.'

      * Publishers Weekly *

      Table of Contents

      Preface Post-Genocide Rwanda
      Acknowledgments

      FICTIONS
      Terminus
      Cavalcade
      And the dogs feasted

      STORIES
      No, Kigali is not sad
      Return to Kigali
      Bujumbura Beach

      Afterword
      Note on translations

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