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Igifu / Scholastique Mukasonga ; translated from the French by Jordan Stump.

by Mukasonga, Scholastique, author.

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Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2020.

Genocide -- Rwanda -- Fiction.

Survival -- Fiction.

Rwanda -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

9781939810786 (paperback) :

1939810787 (paperback) :

110 pages ; 18 cm

First Archipelago Books edition.

Igifu -- The glorious cow -- Fear -- The curse of beauty -- Grief.

"Scholastique Mukasonga's short stories bring to light a glorious Rwanda from the horrors of mass murder. In one story, she revisits the sacred cattle of her homeland and the noble people who watched over them. And in the title story, five-year-old Columba tells of her companion Igifu (Hunger), the merciless force gnawing away at her belly. She searches for sap at the bud of a flower or a few grains of sorghum in the floor sweepings. Desperate, her mother gathers enough sorghum to make a nourishing porridge, bringing Colomba back to life. Such elixirs course through each story, a balm to soothe the pains of those fighting to survive. Mukasongs's writing radiates with the strength of a survivor. She guides us through an underworld of grief, and then sends us back into the sunlight."--Provided by publisher.

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