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"Gourevitch, a writer for the New Yorker, spent time in the areas of Rwanda where awful massacres took place in the early 1990s. The title of the book comes from a message sent out by an embattled community, which of course was not answered from the outside and promptly came true. The author's reconstruction of events, and his description of the aftermath and remains, are horrifying and compelling. Almost as awful but instructive is his description of how badly and even counterproductively the relief efforts were conducted. This is a shocking and extremely important book: "...power consists in the ability to make others inhabit your story of their reality, even if you have to kill a lot of them to make that happen.""
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Kind Of History
Time of history:
- 1990's
History of disaster/tragedy?
Yes
History of a people?
Yes
Nationality?
- Africa
Subjects of this Historical Account
Ethnicity (if plays a major part)
- Black
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Somewhat sympathetic
Main Adversary
From a certain profession/group?
- infantry soldiers
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Nationality?
- African
Ethnicity? (if plays big part)
- Black
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Unsympathetic
Setting
Africa
Yes
Part of Africa:
- Black Africa
Style
How much gore?
- 8 (a significant amount)
How fast-paced is the book?
- 6 (an above average amount)
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Book makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How much focus on stories of individuals?
- Focuses on brief history of a lot of players
How much romance?
- 1 (None)
Minor characters feature lots of:
- military
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
Length of book
- 300-350 pages
How much emphasis on small details?
- 4 (a fair amount)
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