Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse was born in Butare in Rwanda in 1979. She was fifteen when she survived the genocide against the Tutsi. She settled in France and has become a writer. Her first novel
All Your Children, Scattered and
Consolée, her second, were both applauded by critics and booksellers and won prizes.
"Il aura fallu quinze ans de cheminement incertain, une enquête menée aux confins de mémoires étiolées, pour retrouver une image sur laquelle j’espérais figurer, puis pour chercher mes compagnons de fuite. Quinze ans pour m’autoriser enfin à écrire cette histoire. La mienne et à...
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