| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 13 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Gabrielle de Cuir. |
| Summary |
In the middle of the night in early April, 1994, Arsene, an eight-year old Rwandan boy, flees his village as shouts and gunshots draw near. Carrying only a battered suitcase of his father's, hastily packed with a few essential items by his grandmother-who along with the rest of his family and the entire village will be massacred that night-he runs into the wilderness and wanders alone and afraid through unspeakable horrors. Some years later, his story and that of a young writing teacher, Suzanne, converge. Arsene, as a teenager adopted by a Parisian couple and enrolled in a private school, is prompted by the teacher's assignment to bring in a cherished family object. He chooses the battered family suitcase, and his story unfolds, first in painful increments and then in a flood of confession he can only reveal by dictation. Suzanne in turn is reeling from the death of her father and loss of her own childhood home. The two find a deep, emotional connection that transcends race, history, and geography. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Fiction.
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Grief -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
De Jager, Marjolijn, translator.
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De Cuir, Gabrielle, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982627300 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982627301 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12309229 |
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