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A Sunday at the pool in Kigali / Gil Courtemanche ; translated by Patricia Claxton

By:

Courtemanche, Gil

Contributor(s):

Claxton, Patricia

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Toronto : A.A. Knopf Canada : Distributed by Random House of Canada , 2003.Edition: 1. edDescription: 258 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780676974812

Uniform titles:

Dimanche à la piscine à Kigali . English

Subject(s):

Rwanda -- --History -- --Civil War, 1994 -- --Fiction

DDC classification:

FIC COU

LOC classification:

PQ3919.2.C627 D5613 2003

Summary: "The swimming pool of the Mille-Collines hotel is a magnet for a motley group of Kigali residents: aid workers, Rwandan bourgeoisie, expatriates and prostitutes. Among these patrons is the hotel waitress, Gentille, a beautiful Hutu often mistaken for a Tutsi, who has long been admired by Bernard Valcourt, a foreign journalist." "As the two slide into a love affair and prepare for their wedding, we see the world around them coming apart as the Hutu-led genocide against the Tutsi people begins. Tensions mount, friends are brutally murdered and unbridled violence takes over. Gentille and Valcourt attempt to flee the country to safety but are separated - and it will be months before Valcourt learns of Gentille's shocking fate."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC COU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		030950

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"The swimming pool of the Mille-Collines hotel is a magnet for a motley group of Kigali residents: aid workers, Rwandan bourgeoisie, expatriates and prostitutes. Among these patrons is the hotel waitress, Gentille, a beautiful Hutu often mistaken for a Tutsi, who has long been admired by Bernard Valcourt, a foreign journalist." "As the two slide into a love affair and prepare for their wedding, we see the world around them coming apart as the Hutu-led genocide against the Tutsi people begins. Tensions mount, friends are brutally murdered and unbridled violence takes over. Gentille and Valcourt attempt to flee the country to safety but are separated - and it will be months before Valcourt learns of Gentille's shocking fate."--BOOK JACKET.

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