Small Country
A Novel
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Small Country
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ナレーター：
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Dominic Hoffman
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著者：
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Gaël Faye
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Already an international sensation and prize-winning bestseller in France, an evocative coming-of-age story of a young boy, a lost childhood and a shattered homeland.
Shortlisted for the Albertine prize
Named one of the best books of the year by Esquire
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie medal for excellence in fiction
Longlisted for the Aspen Words literary prize
Burundi, 1992. For 10-year-old Gabriel, life in his comfortable expatriate neighborhood of Bujumbura with his French father, Rwandan mother and little sister Ana, is something close to paradise.
These are carefree days of laughter and adventure - sneaking Supermatch cigarettes and gorging on stolen mangoes - as he and his mischievous gang of friends transform their tiny cul-de-sac into their kingdom.
But dark clouds are gathering over this small country, and soon their peaceful existence will shatter when Burundi, and neighboring Rwanda, are brutally hit by civil war and genocide.
A novel of extraordinary power and beauty, Small Country describes an end of innocence as seen through the eyes of a child caught in the maelstrom of history. Shot through with shadows and light, tragedy and humor, it is a stirring tribute not only to a dark chapter in Africa’s past, but also to the bright days that preceded it.
©2018 Gaël Faye (P)2018 Random House Audio批評家のレビュー
“Faye [writes] with a rare and subtle yearning..." (New York Times)
"Precise and potent...deeply affecting... a heartrending portrait of the end of childhood.” (Publishers Weekly)
“The death of innocence seen through the eyes of Gabriel, our beguiling 11-year-old narrator, is at the heart of this gorgeous first novel... Faye eloquently speaks to the untenable choices, among love of country, family, or survival, that victims in conflict zones are forced to make." (Library Journal)