- National Book Award for Translated Literature 2019 · Finalist · for the translation by Jordan Stump
The Barefoot Woman
La femme aux pieds nus
Scholastique Mukasonga (born 1956)
Translated by Jordan Stump
English editions
In EnglishThe Barefoot Woman
Daunt Books · United Kingdom · 2022 · Paperback · 153 pages
The Barefoot Woman
Archipelago Books · United States · 18 December 2018 · Paperback · 152 pages
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When they were children in Rwanda, Stefania often told her daughters to cover her body with her wrap when she died, because no one must see a mother's body. She was killed with the other Tutsi of Nyamata in April 1994, and her remains were never found. Her daughter offers this book as the shroud she could not give her, bringing back to life a woman who, hunted to the last, worked to protect her children.
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About the book
- Form
- Nonfiction
- Length
- 143 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family, War (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Rwanda
- First published
- 2008 by Gallimard
- Author's age
- 52 when first published
- ISBN
9782070119837 (original)
9781939810045 (Archipelago Books, United States)
9781914198083 (Daunt Books, United Kingdom)
- More
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