We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.In April 1994, the Rwandan government called upon everyone in the Hutu majority to kill each member of the Tutsi minority, and over the next three months 800,000 Tutsis perished in the most unambiguous case of genocide since Hitler's...
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.In April 1994, the Rwandan government called upon everyone in the Hutu majority to kill each member of the Tutsi minority, and over the next three months 800,000 Tutsis perished in the most unambiguous case of genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews. Philip Gourevitch's haunting work is an anatomy of the war in Rwanda, a vivid history of the tragedy's background, and an unforgettable account of its aftermath. One of the most acclaimed books of the year, this account will endure as a chilling document of our time.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312243357 (0312243359)
ASIN: 312243359
Publish date: September 4th 1999
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 356
Edition language: English
Early in the book Gourevitch addresses the reader: "Perhaps, in examining this extremity with me, you hope for some understanding, some insight, some flicker of self-knowledge - a moral, or a lesson, or a clue about how to behave in this world: some such information. I don't discount the possibil...
I'm really glad I read this book after reading "Killing Pablo" by Mark Bowden. This account of the genocide in Rwanda was everything I wanted it to be. It gave a concise, relevant history of Rwanda which explained how the various factions arose and the Hutu Power party was able to exploit the mass...
I thought it would be better. The book is badly written and edited, the author had not enough sources - i don't know if he interviewed the right people. And the most important- it is too self centered. I wanted an objective insight into true account, instead I received fixed opinions of author. It w...
I hate to say I had no idea this had gone on until I read the book when it first hit paperback. Wonderful book about an absolutely horrendous event. At the time I wondered why this hadn't been all over the news but it is a book about dark-skinned people in another continent so why should americans...
I hate to say I had no idea this had gone on until I read the book when it first hit paperback. Wonderful book about an absolutely horrendous event. At the time I wondered why this hadn't been all over the news but it is a book about dark-skinned people in another continent so why should americans...
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