{"product_id":"the-oldest-orphan-tierno-monenembo-9780803282858","title":"The Oldest Orphan","description":"Tierno Mon駭embo was among the African authors invited to Rwanda after the 1994 Tutsi-Hutu massacre to \"write genocide into memory.\" In his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Oldest Orphan\u003c\/i\u003e, that is precisely what Mon駭embo does, to devastating effect. Powerful testimony to an unspeakable historical reality, this story is told by an adolescent on death row in a prison in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Dispassionately, almost cynically, the teenager Faustin tells his tale, alternating between his days in jail, his adventures wandering the countryside after his parents and most of the people of his village have been massacred, and his escapades as a cheerful hoodlum in the streets of Kigali. Only slowly does the full horror of his parents' death and his own experience return to Faustin. His realization strikes the reader with shattering force, for it carries in its wake the impossible but inescapable questions presented by such a murderous episode of history and such a crippling experience for a child, a people, and a nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adele King, Tierno Mon駭embo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803282850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803282858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2003 pg. 740\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2005 pg. 60","brand":"Adele King","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986688016639,"sku":"9780803282858","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de878795-3df4-4892-8097-4e242a844cfb.jpg?v=1683284754","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-oldest-orphan-tierno-monenembo-9780803282858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}