This is a memoir written in French by the Rwandan Tutsi writer Scholastique Mukasonga. Ostensibly it cover the time period of the early war before and during the massacres, and discusses her childhood, her mother’s presence on her life, and growing up in the shadow of genocide. But beyond these specifics, this is a memoir of place and a kind of life. We spend a lot of time discussing the elements of everyday life like bread, and church, and houses. So while this book does […]