Description
In these autobiographical stories, Scholastique Mukasonga and Jordan Stump conjure a luminous, vanished Rwanda—tenderly rendered through small domestic details, remembered tastes, and the stubborn beauty of everyday life. Across scenes haunted by the shadow of genocide, the book follows how hunger—“igifu”—works its way into the body and the mind, shaping childhood, family bonds, and survival. With lyrical, sharply physical language, Mukasonga turns loss into a kind of witness, exploring themes of memory, deprivation, and the endurance of tradition even when history threatens to erase it. Part meditation and part narrative, these stories move with the fierce ache of a survivor, breathing life into what was nearly extinguished.
Available Editions
paperback
Archipelago
Published Sep 15, 2020
160 pages
ISBN: 9781939810786
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Details
First Published
2020
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Igifu by Scholastique Mukasonga.