A Courtemanche, Gil. creator text Historical fiction. War fiction. Romance fiction. onc 2003 monographic eng

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258 pages ; 23 cm. A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali is a moving, passionate love story set amid the turmoil and terror of Rwanda's genocide. All manner of Kigali residents pass their time by the pool of the Mille-Collines aid workers, Rwandan bourgeoisie, expatriates, UN peacekeepers, prostitutes. Keeping a watchful eye is Bernard Valcourt, a jaded foreign journalist, but his closest attention is devoted to Gentille, a hotel waitress with the slender, elegant build of a Tutsi. As they slip into an intense, improbable affair, the delicately balanced world around them-already devastated by AIDS-erupts in a Hutu-led genocide against the Tutsi people. Valcourt's efforts to spirit Gentille to safety end in their separation. It will be months before he learns of his lover's shocking fate. Genocide Rwanda Fiction Genocide Fiction Kigali (Rwanda) Social conditions Fiction Rwanda Histoire 1994 (Guerre civile) Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Rwanda History Civil War, 1994 Fiction 9781841955254 1841955256 DLC 030411 20241108112737.0