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The Antelope's Strategy: Living in Rwanda After the Genocide (Rwanda #3)
A powerful report on the aftereffects of the genocide in Rwanda—and on the near impossibility of reconciliation between survivors and killers
In two acclaimed previous works, the noted French journalist Jean Hatzfeld offered a profound, harrowing witness to the unimaginable pain and horror in the mass killings of one group of people by another. Combining his own analysis of...more
In two acclaimed previous works, the noted French journalist Jean Hatzfeld offered a profound, harrowing witness to the unimaginable pain and horror in the mass killings of one group of people by another. Combining his own analysis of...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
March 17th 2009
by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
(first published 2007)
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Writer Philip Gourevitch has chosen to discuss Jean Hatzfeld’s
The Antelope's Strategy: Living in Rwanda After the Genocide
on FiveBooks as one of the top five on his subject - Rwanda, saying that:
In this book you see the evolution of Jean Hatzfeld with these two groups, the survivors and the killers, and his reflections on what is called ‘Reconciliation’ by the government - but is practically just the problem of living together. And it’s a beautiful book, it’s a book that’s incredibly deep. It...more
In this book you see the evolution of Jean Hatzfeld with these two groups, the survivors and the killers, and his reflections on what is called ‘Reconciliation’ by the government - but is practically just the problem of living together. And it’s a beautiful book, it’s a book that’s incredibly deep. It...more
I had not realized that this was the third of a series of oral histories related to the Rwandan genocide - Hatzfeld has also written an oral history based on accounts by survivors in the same region, and one based on accounts by the killers in the same region, given while they were imprisoned. I'd be very interested in reading those accounts as well. This volume focuses on the period of time, seven years after the genocide, when the killers, who had thought they would be imprisoned for life, are...more
The author, who is often self-aware of his role as white, journalist, relies primarily on interviews with Survivors and killers of the genocide in Rwanda. It is interesting to read this after my non-fiction class, and noticing how the author positions, or does not position himself in each chapter. Includes horrifying details of the genocide at certain points, but always directly from the POV of the survivor or killer and explains why its necessary to tell. There are also points where details are...more
There is something to be said about our humanity in the way we treat the victims and assailants of our world tragedies. This book proportionately taps into the psyche of the survivors of this 100 day massacre and the vicious attackers, rapists, and murderers who almost entirely wiped out the Tutsi people. I can't call this an enjoyable read because of the disturbing imagery of the account of the atrocious events, but my interest and intrigue were thoroughly peeked reading how the events unfolded...more
Haztfeld returns to Rwanda to recount how survivors and perpetrators of the genocide are dealing with life amongst each other after the gang from 'Machete Season' are released from prison and return to their villages. The accounts by both sides are refreshingly honest and accurately convey the complexity of the situation and of human nature itself. It also illustrates how far Rwandans have come, and how much further they have to go, as well as the possible pitfalls we may be seeing in the future...more
Excellent account of how people are surviving the release of the killers in Rwanda. The Hutu killers almost make the Nazi killers look kind. I don't feel much hope that peace will prevail between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes, but hope they can avoid another genocide. Complete mishandling of events by the government and humanitarian organizations.
A very thought-provoking and disturbing book which delves into the psychology of both the killers and the survivors of the 1994 genocide. However, it falls short of other books on the topic (such as Christ walks where evil reigned and Bishop of Rwanda because it offers almost no hope.
May 05, 2013
Paweł Sobiegraj
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Ta książka jest świetną klamrą, która w genialny sposób spina dwie poprzednie. Autor bardzo zręcznie konfrontuje zarówno ocalonych z Nagości życia, jak i morderców z Sezonu maczet z polityką narodowego pojednania narzuconą przez autorytarny rząd.
Hatzfeld's third book on the genocide in Rwanda (the first I've read) which now focuses on everyone, both the hunted and the hunters, having to figure out how to live together side by side as neighbors after the government released the prisoned murderers. Fascinating.
lektura obowiązkowa. I wielkie brawa dla autora, że opisując tak poważną sprawę, był w stanie bezstronnie przedstawić perspektywy obu stron i na dodatek jeszcze napisać o swoich emocjach. Mistrz
Tout simplement bouleversant. Ce livre est une mine de réflexion sur l'humanité.
If you every feel sorry for yourself - read this book. incredible
May 15, 2012
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Jean Hatzfeld is a journalist. He worked for many years as a war correspondent for Libération, a French newspaper, before leaving to focus on reporting the Rwandan genocide.
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