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A moving, unforgettable tribute to a Tutsi woman who did everything to protect her children from the Rwandan genocide, by the daughter who refuses to let her family's story be forgotten. The story of the author's mother, a fierce, loving woman who for years protected her family from the violence encroaching upon them in pre-genocide Rwanda. Recording her memories of their life together in spare, wrenching prose, Mukasonga preserves her mother's voice in a haunting work of art.

The Barefoot Woman

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A moving, unforgettable tribute to a Tutsi woman who did everything to protect her children from the Rwandan genocide, by... Read more

    Publisher: Archipelago Books
    Publication Date: 18/12/2018
    ISBN13: 9781939810045, 978-1939810045
    ISBN10: 1939810043

    Number of Pages: 160

    Non Fiction , Biography

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    A moving, unforgettable tribute to a Tutsi woman who did everything to protect her children from the Rwandan genocide, by the daughter who refuses to let her family's story be forgotten. The story of the author's mother, a fierce, loving woman who for years protected her family from the violence encroaching upon them in pre-genocide Rwanda. Recording her memories of their life together in spare, wrenching prose, Mukasonga preserves her mother's voice in a haunting work of art.

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