The Barefoot Woman

I have read many books that recount in detail the barbarism and tragedy of the Rwandan genocide but none as personal and powerful as this one. I found myself becoming very emotional as Ms Mukasonga told the story of her mother's mission to keep her children safe from harm. This is a moving and heart......more

Shortlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature Longlisted for the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction A mother’s dead body is not to be seen. You’ll have to cover me, my daughters, that’s your job and no one else’s. Otherwise it will follow you, it will chase you…it will......more

Having read both Our Lady of the Nile and Cockroaches also by Scholastique Mukasonga, I was pleased to receive the ARC for this loving remembrance of her mother, her family, and a lost way of life. While the other books dealt with the background and events of the genocide in Rwanda, this memoir prov......more

A última frase do livro me deu deu um arrepio que começou no começou da coluna e dura até agora. Que história, que mulher! Por favor, leiam Scholastique!......more

Sobrevivente da guerra civil que assolou a Ruanda no começo da década de 90, Mukasonga escreveu alguns livros para relatar as atrocidades e sofrimentos que vivenciou. Em “A mulher de pés descalços”, a autora faz uma homenagem à sua mãe, Stefania, uma das vítimas do massacre do povo Tutsi. No entanto......more