{"product_id":"beyond-despair-the-rwanda-genocide-against-the-tutsi-through-the-eyes-of-children-paperback","title":"Beyond Despair: The Rwanda Genocide Against the Tutsi Through the Eyes of Children - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHélène Dumas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCatherine Porter\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLouisa Lombard\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Prix Pierre Lafue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Prix lyc?en du livre d'histoire des Rendez-vous de l'histoire de Blois\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the archives of the main institution in charge of the history and memory of the genocide in Rwanda, several bundles of fragile little school notebooks contain, in the silence of accumulated dust, the stories of around a hundred surviving children. Written in 2006 at the initiative of a Rwandan survivors' association, as a testimonial and psychological catharsis, these accounts by children who have since become young men and women tell the story of their experience of the genocide, as well as of \"life before\" and \"life after.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe words of these children, the cruel realism of the scenes they describe, the power of the emotions they express, provide the historian with an unparalleled insight into the subjectivities of the survivors, and also enable us to take on board the murderous discourse and gestures of those who eradicated their world of childhood forever. Far from abstract postulates on the \"unspeakable,\" \u003ci\u003eBeyond Despair\u003c\/i\u003e offers a reflection on the conditions that make audible such an experience of dereliction in the twilight of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis work received support for excellence in publication and translation from Albertine Translation, a program created by Villa Albertine and funded by FACE Foundation.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBeyond Despair\u003c\/i\u003e is shattering. The book constitutes a restrained, low-pitched, and controlled exposition. Dumas's restraint comes from profound empathy and understanding of an event that is unbearable to contemplate. The story--of human evil--bursts out from these children's lives and overwhelms us. I can't recall a reading a book in ten or twenty years that has affected me so deeply.\"--\u003cb\u003eJan T. Gross\u003c\/b\u003e, Princeton University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It is a testament to Hélène Dumas's integrity as a historian that she does not instrumentalize, and thereby distort, the children's accounts on behalf of her own grand take-away. Instead she fills in the elements of the scenes that the children leave out, and explains the common themes, so that the full force of the children's experiences hits readers all the harder, and more directly.\"--\u003cb\u003eLouisa Lombard\u003c\/b\u003e, from the Foreword \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Prix Pierre Lafue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Prix lycéen du livre d'histoire des Rendez-vous de l'histoire de Blois\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the archives of the main institution in charge of the history and memory of the genocide in Rwanda, several bundles of fragile little school notebooks contain, in the silence of accumulated dust, the stories of around a hundred surviving children. Written in 2006 at the initiative of a Rwandan survivors' association, as a testimonial and psychological catharsis, these accounts by children who have since become young men and women tell the story of their experience of the genocide, as well as of \"life before\" and \"life after.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe words of these children, the cruel realism of the scenes they describe, the power of the emotions they express, provide the historian with an unparalleled insight into the subjectivities of the survivors, and also enable us to take on board the murderous discourse and gestures of those who eradicated their world of childhood forever. Far from abstract postulates on the \"unspeakable,\" \u003ci\u003eBeyond Despair\u003c\/i\u003e offers a reflection on the conditions that make audible such an experience of dereliction in the twilight of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHélène Dumas\u003c\/b\u003e is a research fellow in history at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), affiliated with the Raymond Aron Center for sociological and political studies at the EHESS, Paris.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHélène Dumas (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eHélène Dumas\u003c\/b\u003e is a research fellow in history at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), affiliated with the Raymond Aron Center for sociological and political studies at the EHESS, Paris. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eLe Génocide au village: Le massacre des Tutsi au Rwanda\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouisa Lombard (Foreword By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLouisa Lombard\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Yale University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eState of Rebellion: Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Porter (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCatherine Porter\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of French Emerita at the State University of New York at Cortland and former president of the Modern Language Association. She has translated more than fifty books, including Bruno Latour's \u003ci\u003eDown to Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and Elisabeth Roudinesco's \u003ci\u003eThe Sovereign Self\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699124277344,"sku":"9781531506087","price":54.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/1e713484614eb38ef541449762a6fe62.webp?v=1775836274","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/beyond-despair-the-rwanda-genocide-against-the-tutsi-through-the-eyes-of-children-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}