Igifu
Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, [2020]
Format: Book
Edition: First Archipelago Books edition.
Description: 110 pages ; 18 cm
"Scholastique Mukasonga's autobiographical stories rend a glorious Rwanda from the obliterating force of recent history, conjuring the noble cows of her home or the dew-swollen grass they graze on. In the title story, five-year-old Colomba tells of a merciless overlord, hunger or igifu, gnawing away at her belly. She searches for sap at the bud of a flower, scraps of sweet potato at the foot of her parent's bed, or a few grains of sorghum in the floor sweepings. Igifu becomes a dizzying hole in her stomach, a plunging abyss into which she falls. In a desperate act of preservation, Colomba's mother gathers enough sorghum to whip up a nourishing porridge, bringing Colomba back to life. This elixir courses through each story, a balm to soothe the pains of those so ferociously fighting for survival."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Igifu -- The glorious cow -- Fear -- The curse of beauty -- Grief.
Subjects:
Genocide -- Rwanda -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Rwanda -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Genocide -- Rwanda -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Rwanda -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781939810786
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Mukasonga | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
"First published as L'Iguifou by Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2010" -- Title page verso.