{"product_id":"jacaranda-gael-faye-9781784746063","title":"Jacaranda","description":"A young man journeys from Paris to Rwanda to discover the truth about his mother’s past and the country of her birth, from bestselling and prize-winning Rwandan-French novelist and hip-hop artist Gaël Faye‘A luminous poetic quality … unforgettable’ Leïla Slimani‘Utterly, captivatingly brilliant’ Philippe SandsMilan – the twelve-year-old son of a French father and a Rwandan mother – blames flunking his exams on the emotional trauma of the genocide in his mother’s homeland. It’s a convenient excuse: growing up outside Paris in the 1990s, the violence is an abstraction that only reaches him through distant television broadcasts.   That is, until Milan’s mother introduces him to Claude, a young cousin with a bandaged head who has come to France seeking medical treatment. Thrilled to have a new playmate, Milan treats Claude as a brother until one day, he is sent back to Rwanda as quickly as he came.   Four years later, Milan travels for the first time to Rwanda, encountering a beguiling country and family members he never knew existed, and reuniting with Claude. But the trip raises more questions than it answers – about Milan's family history, the war and its aftershocks.   Over the course of many years, Milan returns to Rwanda again and again, compelled to confront the past and imagine a new kind of future. Jacaranda is a deeply felt portrait of a man seeking to understand his family and his nation.   ‘A writer of great promise and grace’ Chigozie Obioma‘Gaël Faye’s talent is breathtaking’ Imbolo Mbue","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52156663955744,"sku":"9781784746063","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781784746063_3051793.jpg?v=1786028542","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/jacaranda-gael-faye-9781784746063","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}