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Our Lady of the Nile : A Novel by Mukasonga, Scholastique; Mauthner, Melanie is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Friendship, deceit, fear, and persecution at an elite boarding school for young women in Rwanda, fifteen years before the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi . . . “Mukasonga’s masterpiece” (Julian Lucas, NYRB)   Scholastique Mukasonga drops us into an elite Catholic boarding school for young women perched on the edge of the Nile. Parents send their daughters to Our Lady of the Nile to be molded into respectable citizens and to escape the dangers of the outside world. Fifteen years prior to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, we watch as these girls try on their parents’ preconceptions and attitudes, transforming the lycée into a microcosm of the country’s mounting racial tensions and violence. In the midst of the interminable rainy season, everything unfolds behind the closed doors of the school: friendship, curiosity, fear, deceit, prejudice, and persecution. With masterful prose that is at once subtle and penetrating, Mukasonga captures a society hurtling towards horror.

Who reads Our Lady of the Nile : A Novel?

Author

Mukasonga, Scholastique; Mauthner, Melanie

Publisher

Steerforth Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780914671039

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.71 / 5 (221 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14