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Title	:	A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
Author	:	Gil Courtemanche
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	October 12th 2004 by Vintage (first published 2000)
Categories	:	Cultural. Africa. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Eastern Africa. Rwanda. Canada. War

A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali

Gil Courtemanche

Paperback | Pages: 272 pages

Rating: 3.94 | 3040 Users | 340 Reviews

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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 hotel: 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.

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Original Title:	Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali
ISBN:	1400034345 (ISBN13: 9781400034345)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Rwanda
Literary Awards:	Prix des libraires du Québec for Lauréats québécois (2001), Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Nominee (2003)

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The churches became Rwanda's gas chambers.This is one of the most upsetting and shocking books I've ever read. Because the author share his experiences in the form of a story you get to know all the people, which had an even bigger impact on me than reading the non-fictional account in We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda, which sometimes felt almost overwhelming in its scope. He also writes the most horrific scenes without any sentiment or



This is a book that sat on my shelf for a while; its reputation based on reviews at the time of its publication in 2003.I would say it has not aged well, but actually some of the criticisms I have of it do echo some of the more negative views of it from the time.But let me start with its qualities. It is a heartfelt attempt to document the horrors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and it does skewer the role of Colonialism in creating the conditions for disaster, and the inadequate response of

This book was just complete rubbish for me. Endless drivel about the obnoxious cast of characters who are just hanging around this swimming pool. I didn't like any of these people so I couldn't bring myself to actually give a damn about their stories. It was difficult enough to focus on turning each page as my mind kept drifting off into wondering what the postman was going to bring me. My pain did not last long and this went straight in the bag for the charity shop.

This is horrific and very honest. Another must for anybody who wants to spend time in the region and wants to understand how it can all go wrong very quickly. Its incredible how people still tend to blame the colonial past for todays problems. Its time that we started to take responsibility for our own actions now.

I would make this part of the History 101 curriculum in schools! So bloody sad, horrible, but what an insight.

I didn't like the writing style.