by Gil Courtemanche · RBA La Magrana · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788482644851
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«Un diumenge a la piscina a Kigali» is the contemporary novel by Gil Courtemanche, published by RBA La Magrana in paperback (240 pages, in Catalan).
Bernard Valcourt, a journalist seasoned in conflicts, arrives in Rwanda in the early 1990s to set up a television system. The project fails, but he meets Gentille, a Hutu woman, and falls in love with her and the country. The novel humanizes both the victims and the perpetrators of the genocide, between love and horror.
Number 156 of the Otros La Magrana collection; Catalan edition published on 30 September 2003.
A novel for those seeking contemporary fiction with a historical backdrop, focused on the memory of the Rwandan genocide.
Gil Courtemanche was a Canadian progressive journalist and novelist in low-income countries and international politics. He wrote for the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir.
