Baho! - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Roland Rugero, Christopher Schaefer (Translator)Publish date:2016-04-12Pages:91
Language:EnglishPublisher:Phoneme MediaISBN-13:9781939419620ISBN-10:193941962XUPC:9781939419620Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:6.70 x 5.00 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2006Product ID:SCGNJCVG36
Baho!
When Nyamuragi, an adolescent mute, attempts to ask a young woman in rural Burundi for directions to an appropriate place to relieve himself, his gestures are mistaken as premeditation for rape. To the young woman's community, his fleeing confirms his guilt, setting off a chain reaction of pursuit, mob justice, and Nyamuragi's attempts at explanation. Young Burundian novelist Roland Rugero's...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Phoneme MediaISBN-13:9781939419620ISBN-10:193941962XUPC:9781939419620Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:6.70 x 5.00 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2006Product ID:SCGNJCVG36
Born in 1986 in Burundi, Roland Rugero grew up in a family where reading was a favorite pastime. He has worked as a journalist in Burundi since 2008. His novels include "Les Oniriques" and "Baho!," the first Burundian novel to be translated into English. Rugero has held residencies at La Rochelle and at Iowa's prestigious International Writing Program. In addition to his work as a writer, in 2011...
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