| Edition |
First Archipelago Books edition |
| Description |
152 pages ; 18 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Originally published in French as: Kibogo est monté au ciel : roman. [Paris] : Gallimard, [2020] |
| Summary |
"Kibogo's story is reserved for the evening's end, when women sit around a fire drinking honeyed brew, when just a few are able to stave off sleep. With heads nodding, drifting into the mist of a dream, one faithful storyteller will weave the old legends of the hillside, stories which church missionaries have done everything in their power to expunge. Kibogo's tale is at once an origin myth, a celestial marvel, and a source of hope. And for the white priests who spritz holy water on shriveled trees, it's considered forbidden, satanic, a witchdoctor's hoax. Everyone energetically debates Kibogo's twisted story, but deep down secretly wonders: Can Kibogo really summon the rain?"-- Provided by publisher |
| Note |
Translated from the French |
| Subject |
Storytellers -- Rwanda -- Fiction.
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Culture conflict -- Rwanda -- Fiction.
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Conversion -- Christianity -- Fiction.
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Rwanda -- Colonization -- Fiction.
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Legends -- Rwanda -- Fiction.
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Rwanda -- Fiction.
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Rwandan fiction (French) -- Translations into English.
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FICTION / World Literature / Africa / East Africa.
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FICTION / Women.
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FICTION / Literary.
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| Genre |
Historical fiction.
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| Added Author |
Polizzotti, Mark, translator.
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| Added Title |
Kibogo est monté au ciel. English
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| ISBN |
1953861369 (paperback) : $17.00 |
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9781953861368 (paperback) |
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