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Gaël Faye
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781784705930
  • Weight: 140g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 197mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Jun 2019
  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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An international sensation, Small Country is a beautiful but harrowing tale of coming-of-age in the face of civil war.

'A luminous debut novel…Faye dramatises the terrible nostalgia of having lost not only a childhood but also a whole world to war' Guardian

Burundi, 1992. For ten-year-old Gabriel, life in his comfortable expat neighbourhood of Bujumbura with his French father, Rwandan mother and little sister, Ana, is something close to paradise. These are happy, carefree days spent with his friends sneaking cigarettes and stealing mangoes, swimming in the lake and riding bikes in the streets they have turned into their kingdom. But dark clouds are gathering over this small country, and soon their peaceful idyll will shatter when Burundi and neighbouring Rwanda are brutally hit by war.

‘Unforgettable… Gaël Faye’s talent is breathtaking’ Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers
About Gael Faye
Gaël Faye was born in Burundi and now lives in Rwanda. His debut novel, Small Country, received thirteen literary awards, including the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. It has been translated into forty languages and adapted for film, theatre, and graphic novel. In 2024, his second novel, Jacaranda, was awarded the Prix Renaudot and Choix Goncourt in 28 countries. An author, songwriter and hip-hop artist, he has also released several music albums, including Pili Pili sur un croissant au beurre (2013), Rythme et botanique(2017), Des fleurs (2018), Lundi méchant (2020), and Mauve Jacaranda (2022). Sarah Ardizzone is an award-winning translator of French-speaking voices. Her collaborations with Gaël Faye include Small Country (Petit Pays), producing a bilingual musical performance version for the Edinburgh International Book Festival and translating lyrics for Gaël's platinum album Lundi Méchant. To research Jacaranda, she travelled across Rwanda with Gaël and the creators of the bande dessinée adaptations of his novels, Marzena Sowa and Sylvain Savoia. She was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2022, and made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2024.

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