Harvest of Skulls

Informationen zum Autor Abdourahman A. Waberi is a novelist, essayist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Djibouti, he is Professor of French and Francophone literature at George Washington University. The author of Transit , In the United States of Africa , Passage of Tears , and La Divine Chanson , he has been awarded the Stefan-Georg-Preis, the Grand Prix Littéraire d'Afrique noire, and the Prix biennal "Mandat pour la liberté." He was named one of the "50 Writers of the Future" by the French literary magazine Lire . Dominic Thomas is Madeleine L. Letessier Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Klappentext Abdourahman A. Waberi is a novelist, essayist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Djibouti, he is Professor of French and Francophone literature at George Washington University. The author of Transit, In the United States of Africa, Passage of Tears, and La Divine Chanson, he has been awarded the Stefan-Georg-Preis, the Grand Prix Litt ire d'Afrique noire, and the Prix biennal "Mandat pour la libert He was named one of the "50 Writers of the Future" by the French literary magazine Lire. Dominic Thomas is Madeleine L. Letessier Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Zusammenfassung " Shaped by the author's own experiences in Rwanda and by the stories shared by survivors, Harvest of Skulls stands twenty years after the genocide as an indisputable resource for discussions on testimony and witnessing, the complex relationship between victims and perpetrators, the power of the moral imagination, and how survivors can rebuild a society haunted by the ghost of its history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Post-Genocide Rwanda AcknowledgmentsFICTIONS Terminus Cavalcade And the dogs feastedSTORIES No, Kigali is not sad Return to Kigali Bujumbura BeachAfterword Note on translations...

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Abdourahman A. Waberi is a novelist, essayist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Djibouti, he is Professor of French and Francophone literature at George Washington University. The author of Transit, In the United States of Africa, Passage of Tears, and La Divine Chanson, he has been awarded the Stefan-Georg-Preis, the Grand Prix Litt ire d'Afrique noire, and the Prix biennal "Mandat pour la libert He was named one of the "50 Writers of the Future" by the French literary magazine Lire.

Dominic Thomas is Madeleine L. Letessier Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Résumé
" Shaped by the author's own experiences in Rwanda and by the stories shared by survivors, Harvest of Skulls stands twenty years after the genocide as an indisputable resource for discussions on testimony and witnessing, the complex relationship between victims and perpetrators, the power of the moral imagination, and how survivors can rebuild a society haunted by the ghost of its history.

Contenu

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