Running the Rift: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (900 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1616201940 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Sad Yet Uplifting Tale of the Rwandan Genocide Fairbanks Reader - Bonnie Brody Running the Rift begins in Rwanda in 1994 and takes the reader through 1998. It is the story of the horrific genocide that devastated the country and pitted neighbor against neighbor. It is also the story of individuals - their dreams, hopes and wreckage.When the Belgians occupied Rwanda, they classified the people who spoke one language and shared one culture . James said Powerful, very moving. The author gets Rwanda as few muzungu could. The language, the description of the country, the deep spirituality of the people brought back so many memories of the brief time I spent there. I wish she had given more context for the genocide. As for the events of the genocide itself, they felt a little rushed, although to be any more graphic could be unbearable.. Survival story This story, told in the voice of a Tutsi survivor, was a heartbreaking tale of wrenching loss. With this voice, I more clearly understood the Rwandan genocide as I never had before. It was written eloquently and held my rapt attention for its entirety.
Best Books of the Month, January 2012: No wonder Barbara Kingsolver awarded her 2010 Bellwether Prize, given biennially to an unpublished novel that confronts social issues, to Naomi Benaron's Running the Rift. In her coming-of-age story of young Tutsi Jean Patrick Nkuba, whose extraordinary gift for distance running lands him on the path to become his country's first medalist in track, one of history's most inconceivable chapters--the Rwandan genocide--becomes intensely personal. --Mari Malcolm. A vividly told tale with a memorable champion at its heart. Out of a childhood marked by loss and overshadowed by mounting Hutu-Tutsi tensions, Jean Patrick draws the strength for grueling Olym
But Jean Patrick is a Tutsi in a world that has become increasingly restrictive and violent for his people. A naturally gifted athlete, he sprints over the thousand hills of Rwanda and dreams of becoming his country’s first Olympic medal winner in track. Running the Rift follows the progress of Jean Patrick Nkuba from the day he knows that running will be his life to the moment he must run to save his life. Winner of the Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, Naomi Benaron has written a stunning and gorgeous novel that—through the eyes of one unforgettable boy— explores a country’s unraveling, its tentative new beginning, and the love that binds its people together.. As tensions mount between the Hutu and Tutsi, he holds fast to his dream that running might deliver him, and his