- Track every order
- Save books to your wishlist
- Earn rewards on every order
- All Available Copies
- Overview
- About the Author
- Awards
- Professional Reviews
- Reader Reviews
- Table Of Contents
- Borrow
Overview
The 2000 winner of the Goscinny Prize for outstanding graphic novel script, this is the harrowing tale of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, as seen through the eyes of a boy named Deogratias. He is an ordinary teenager, in love with a girl named B nigne, but Deogratias is a Hutu and B nigne is a Tutsi who dies in the genocide, and Deogratias himself plays a part in her death. As the story circles around but never depicts the terror and brutality of an entire country descending into violence, we watch Deogratias in his pursuit of B nigne, and we see his grief and descent into madness following her death, as he comes to believe he is a dog. Told with great artistry and intelligence, this book offers a window into a dark chapter of recent human history and exposes the West's role in the tragedy. Stassen's interweaving of the aftermath of the genocide and the events leading up to it heightens the impact of the horror, giving powerful expression to the unspeakable, indescribable experience of ordinary Hutus caught up in the violence. Difficult, beautiful, honest, and heartbreaking, this is a major work by a masterful artist.
Categories
All Available Copies Find out more about shipping times from these sellers.
| Condition | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Used Good (2 available)
Former Library Book 
|
$6.81 USD | Add To Cart |
Ships directly from Better World Books
|
|
|
Used Very Good (1 available)
Former Library Book
|
$6.81 USD | Add To Cart |
Ships directly from Better World Books
|
|
|
Used Good (1 available)
|
$6.81 USD | Add To Cart |
Ships directly from Better World Books
|
|
|
eBook Obtain a digital book from our friends at eBooks.com.
|
{{ebooksDotComPrice}} {{ebooksDotComCurrency}} | eBooks.com | Digital edition from eBooks.com | |
|
Audio Book Obtain a digital book from our friends at AudiobooksNow.com.
|
{{audioBooksNowPrice}} {{audioBooksNowCurrency}} | AudiobooksNow.com | Digital edition from AudiobooksNow.com |
Professional Reviews
" The lucid, sometimes-painful imagery--depicted in intense colors, with highly expressive faces--accompanying this story illustrates the ways in which the hierarchies besetting race and ethnicity, imposed by the sociopolitical climate, all come to bear on the decisions made by the characters...A graphic novel of regret riddled with inescapable grief, capturing attention from the outset, with a stinging and near-to-cathartic ending." --Kirkus
"...this book vividly shows the power of fiction to introduce fact." -- Booklist
" Stassen is a journalist who lives in Rwanda, and his art is bold and clear, using different color palettes to seamlessly shift between before and after. There is no catharsis, only the realization that even justice turns its champion into a monster.
" -- Publishers Weekly
" A masterful work with vibrant, confident art, this book will stay with and haunt its readers," --Jennifer Feigelman, Goshen Public Library and Historical Society, NY , School Library Journal
" This graphic novel's worldview is bleak: Deogratias is a tale with no heroes. The full-color art can be both brutal and beautiful, and is extremely effective.
" --George Galuschak, YA Libn., Montvale PL, Montvale, NJ, KLIATT
"The lust, saturated beauty of Stassen's artwork provides a stark contrast with the brutal world he's recording." -- BookPage
" The natural world is turned upside down in this book, the subject matter brutal. Deogratias is worth a look, especially for readers who wonder about the literary value of graphic novels." -- Michigan Reading Journal
| Find at your local library from our friends at WorldCat | Find Libraries |
Overview
The 2000 winner of the Goscinny Prize for outstanding graphic novel script, this is the harrowing tale of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, as seen through the eyes of a boy named Deogratias. He is an ordinary teenager, in love with a girl named B nigne, ...
Read full overview
Overview
The 2000 winner of the Goscinny Prize for outstanding graphic novel script, this is the harrowing tale of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, as seen through the eyes of a boy named Deogratias. He is an ordinary teenager, in love with a girl named B nigne, but Deogratias is a Hutu and B nigne is a Tutsi who dies in the genocide, and Deogratias himself plays a part in her death. As the story circles around but never depicts the terror and brutality of an entire country descending into violence, we watch Deogratias in his pursuit of B nigne, and we see his grief and descent into madness following her death, as he comes to believe he is a dog. Told with great artistry and intelligence, this book offers a window into a dark chapter of recent human history and exposes the West's role in the tragedy. Stassen's interweaving of the aftermath of the genocide and the events leading up to it heightens the impact of the horror, giving powerful expression to the unspeakable, indescribable experience of ordinary Hutus caught up in the violence. Difficult, beautiful, honest, and heartbreaking, this is a major work by a masterful artist.
Product Details
Professional Reviews
" The lucid, sometimes-painful imagery--depicted in intense colors, with highly expressive faces--accompanying this story illustrates the ways in which the hierarchies besetting race and ethnicity, imposed by the sociopolitical climate, all come to bear on the decisions made by the characters...A graphic novel of regret riddled with inescapable grief, capturing attention from the outset, with a stinging and near-to-cathartic ending." --Kirkus
"...this book vividly shows the power of fiction to introduce fact." -- Booklist
" Stassen is a journalist who lives in Rwanda, and his art is bold and clear, using different color palettes to seamlessly shift between before and after. There is no catharsis, only the realization that even justice turns its champion into a monster.
" -- Publishers Weekly
" A masterful work with vibrant, confident art, this book will stay with and haunt its readers," --Jennifer Feigelman, Goshen Public Library and Historical Society, NY , School Library Journal
" This graphic novel's worldview is bleak: Deogratias is a tale with no heroes. The full-color art can be both brutal and beautiful, and is extremely effective.
" --George Galuschak, YA Libn., Montvale PL, Montvale, NJ, KLIATT
"The lust, saturated beauty of Stassen's artwork provides a stark contrast with the brutal world he's recording." -- BookPage
" The natural world is turned upside down in this book, the subject matter brutal. Deogratias is worth a look, especially for readers who wonder about the literary value of graphic novels." -- Michigan Reading Journal
Borrow
All Available Copies
| Condition | Source | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Used Good (2 available)
Former Library Book
Former Library Book Ships from |
Ships directly from Better World Books
|
$6.81 USD | Add To Cart |
|
Used Very Good (1 available)
Former Library Book
Former Library Book Ships from |
Ships directly from Better World Books
|
$6.81 USD | Add To Cart |
|
Used Good (1 available)
Ships from |
Ships directly from Better World Books
|
$6.81 USD | Add To Cart |
|
eBook Obtain a digital book from our friends at eBooks.com.
|
Digital edition from eBooks.com | {{ebooksDotComPrice}} {{ebooksDotComCurrency}} | eBooks.com |
|
Audio Book Obtain a digital book from our friends at AudiobooksNow.com.
|
|
{{audioBooksNowPrice}} {{audioBooksNowCurrency}} | Audiobook |
Limited Preview for 'Deogratias : A Tale of Rwanda' provided by Archive.org
*This is a limited preview of the contents of this book and does not directly represent the item available for sale.*
A preview for 'Deogratias : A Tale of Rwanda' is unavailable.
You are now leaving the Better World Books website to complete your transaction. Your eBook download will be facilitated by our friends at eBooks.com. Thank you for your support and for shopping with Better World Books!
You are now leaving the Better World Books website to complete your transaction. Your audio book download will be facilitated by our friends at AudiobooksNow.com. Thank you for your support and for shopping with Better World Books!
You are now leaving the Better World Books website. Thank you for your support and for shopping with Better World Books!