false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173740780m/321100.jpg 321100 1 Deogratias is just a boy. Benina is just a girl. Teenagers just like teenagers everywhere. Only he is a Hutu, and she is a Tutsiso say their ID cards.We are in Rwanda in the days leading to a swift and gruesome genocide which the world will watch but do nothing to stop. In less than a hundred days, eight hundred thousand human beings will be hacked to death.Moment by moment, piece by piece, J.P. Stassen skillfully builds a masterpiece, an unforgettable tale that probes mans inhumanity to man. His eloquence, his storytelling power, and his sheer poetry elevate this harrowing story to the rank of a testimonial to one of the darkest chapters in recent human history.With great skill and understanding, Stassens Deogratias takes us back and forth in time, showing only before and after the killings and inexorably revealing the grip of madness and horror on one young boy and his country.Difficult, beautiful, honest, and heartbreaking, this is a masterwork by a major artist of our time. 311834 2 5 2006 Deogratias, A Tale of Rwanda total:137|5:16|4:55|3:47|2:17|1:2| 137 477 190 41 0 2 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 26 14:43:17 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 01 12:18:20 -0800 2009
Like other reviewers, I want to...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:27:10 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:28:18 -0700 2009 "huh? wha? wha? huh? who? huh?"
]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 16:53:19 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 18:01:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 12:27:23 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 12:35:13 -0700 2009 One - you have to pay close attention. There are flashbacks peppered throughout, and they happen without warning, or any change in color or design - mostly you just have to see if the main character's shirt is ripped into shreds or no...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 12:52:15 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 10:54:13 -0700 2009 really think -- about what happened. This is a graphic novel that tells the story of Deogratias, a Hutu boy living i...more...]]> 3 0 true false Thu Dec 04 19:01:31 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 19:08:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 24 06:51:12 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 06:57:44 -0700 2008
And good, good, good. This tale of love, death, and mo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 13:41:18 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 19:35:13 -0700 2007
Although this is a young adult novel, the content is very adult. Stassen does not shy away from discussing the re...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 09:35:56 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 09:37:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 17:14:24 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 17:17:21 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 03 21:19:20 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 21:22:23 -0800 2009 1 3 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 19:56:17 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 19:07:31 -0800 2009
Very powerful for the imagery, not the words.]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 20 12:06:08 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 12:07:22 -0800 2009
rather nice art, and worth riffling through to take a look at deogratias turning into a dog. ]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 09:28:47 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 09:31:05 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 05:37:30 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 05:40:01 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 13:16:01 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 13:17:03 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 13:17:08 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 13:35:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 16 06:37:37 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 15:28:48 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 12:35:49 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 12:41:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 11:07:54 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 09:41:27 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=321100