Small Country

A prize-winning bestseller in its native France, a vivid and evocative coming-of-age tale, set against the backdrop of the Rwandan genocide and the civil war in Burundi, of a young boy's childhood innocence shattered by the brutal tides of history.

In 1992, Gabriel, ten years old, lives in Burundi in a comfortable expatriate neighborhood with his French father, his Rwandan mother and his little sister, Ana. In this joyful idyll, Gabriel spends the better part of his time with his mischievous band of friends, in a tiny cul-de-sac they have turned into their kingdom. But their peaceful existence will suddenly shatter when this small African country is brutally battered by history.

In this magnificent coming-of-age story, Gael Faye describes an end of innocence and drives deep into the heart and mind of a young child caught in the maelstrom of history.

Un bestseller castigator de premii in Franta natala, o poveste vie si evocatoare despre varsta, situata pe fundalul genocidului ruandez si al razboiului civil din Burundi, al inocentei copilariei unui tanar baiat spulberat de valurile brutale ale istoriei. In 1992, Gabriel, in varsta de zece ani, locuieste in Burundi intr-un cartier confortabil de expatriati alaturi de tatal sau francez, mama sa din Rwanda si sora lui mica, Ana.