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Deogratias, a tale of Rwanda

Title
Deogratias, a tale of Rwanda / Stassen ; translated by Alex Siegel.
Author
Stassen, Jean-Philippe.
Publication
New York : First Second, 2006.
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Description
79 p. : col. ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
The 2000 winner of the Goscinny Prize for outstanding graphic novel script, this is the harrowing tale of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, as seen through the eyes of a boy named Deogratias. He is an ordinary teenager, in love with a girl named Be;nigne, but Deogratias is a Hutu and Be;nigne is a Tutsi who dies in the genocide, and Deogratias himself plays a part in her death. As the story circles around but never depicts the terror and brutality of an entire country descending into violence, we watch Deogratias in his pursuit of Be;nigne, and we see his grief and descent into madness following her death, as he comes to believe he is a dog. Told with great artistry and intelligence, this book offers a window into a dark chapter of recent human history and exposes the West's role in the tragedy. Stassen's interweaving of the aftermath of the genocide and the events leading up to it heightens the impact of the horror, giving powerful expression to the unspeakable, indescribable experience of ordinary Hutus caught up in the violence. Difficult, beautiful, honest, and heartbreaking, this is a major work by a masterful artist.
Uniform Title
Déogratias. English
Alternative Title
Déogratias.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Young adult fiction.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the French.
Call Number
Sc D 10-771
ISBN
  • 1596431032
  • 0330444670 (pbk.)
  • 9780330444675 (pbk.)
  • 9781596431034
LCCN
2005017576
OCLC
60776609
Author
Stassen, Jean-Philippe.
Title
Deogratias, a tale of Rwanda / Stassen ; translated by Alex Siegel.
Imprint
New York : First Second, 2006.
Edition
1st American ed.
Language
Translated from the French.
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Sc D 10-771
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