Our Lady of the Nile

'There is no better lycée than Our Lady of the Nile. Nor is there any higher. Twenty-five hundred metres, the white teachers proudly proclaim.' Parents send their daughters to Our Lady of the Nile to be moulded into respectable citizens, and to protect them from the dangers of the outside world. The young ladies are expected to learn, eat, and live together, presided over by the colonial white nuns. It is fifteen years prior to the 1994 Rwandan genocide and a quota permits only two Tutsi students for every twenty pupils. As Gloriosa, the school's Hutu queen bee, tries on her parents' preconceptions and prejudices, Veronica and Virginia, both Tutsis, are determined to find a place for themselves and their history. In the struggle for power and acceptance, the lycée is transformed into a microcosm of the country's mounting racial tensions and violence. During the interminable rainy season, everything slowly unfolds behind the school's closed doors: friendship, curiosity, fear, deceit, and persecution. Our Lady of the Nile is a landmark novel about a country divided and a society hurtling towards horror. In gorgeous and devastating prose, Mukasonga captures the dreams, ambitions and prejudices of young women growing up as their country falls apart.Author: Mukasonga,author,Scholastique,author Contributors: Mukasonga,author,Scholastique,author Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,French,Original Language Published/Release Date: 18 Mar 2021 Format: Paperback / softback Publisher/Studio/Brand: Daunt Books Author/Director/Artist: Scholastique Mukasonga Dimension (cm): 130x198x23 mm Package Dimension (cm): 14x194x129 mm Item Weight (g): 292 Package Weight (g): 294