Reviews
Shocking and important . . . clear and balanced . . . the voice in this book is meticulous and humane., Astonishing . . . [Gourevitch] is masterful at placing the unspeakability of mass murder into actual people's mouths and inhabiting it in actual people's stories., "[It is the] sobering voice of witness that Gourevitch has vividly captured in his work." - Wole Soyinka, New York Times Book Review "[Gourevitch] has the mind of a scholar along with the observative capacity of a good novelist, and he writes like an angel. This volume establishes him as the peer of Michael Herr, Ryszard Kapuscinski, and Tobias Wolff. I think there is no limit to what we may expect from him." - Robert Stone"A sobering, revealing, and deeply thoughtful chronicle." - The Boston Globe "The most important book I have read in many years... [Gourevitch] examines [the genocidal war in Rwanda] with humility, anger, grief and a remarkable level of both political and moral intelligence." - Susie Linfield, Los Angeles Times "Shocking and important... clear and balanced... the voice in this book is meticulous and humane." - Michael Pearson, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Astonishing... [Gourevitch] is masterful at placing the unspeakability of mass murder into actual people's mouths and inhabiting it in actual people's stories." - Mark Gevisser, Newsday "Unsettlingly beautiful... brilliant... this is a staggeringly good book... .[It] should be on bookshelves forever." - Tom Engelhardt, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The most important book I have read in many years . . . [Gourevitch] examines [the genocidal war in Rwanda] with humility, anger, grief and a remarkable level of both political and moral intelligence., "[It is the] sobering voice of witness that Gourevitch has vividly captured in his work." -- Wole Soyinka, The New York Times Book Review "[Gourevitch] has the mind of a scholar along with the observative capacity of a good novelist, and he writes like an angel. This volume establishes him as the peer of Michael Herr, Ryszard Kapuscinski, and Tobias Wolff. I think there is no limit to what we may expect from him." -- Robert Stone "A sobering, revealing, and deeply thoughtful chronicle." -- The Boston Globe "The most important book I have read in many years . . . [Gourevitch] examines [the genocidal war in Rwanda] with humility, anger, grief and a remarkable level of both political and moral intelligence." -- Susie Linfield, Los Angeles Times "Shocking and important . . . clear and balanced . . . the voice in this book is meticulous and humane." -- Michael Pearson, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Astonishing . . . [Gourevitch] is masterful at placing the unspeakability of mass murder into actual people's mouths and inhabiting it in actual people's stories." -- Mark Gevisser, Newsday "Unsettlingly beautiful . . . brilliant . . . this is a staggeringly good book . . . [It] should be on bookshelves forever." -- Tom Engelhardt, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Unsettlingly beautiful . . . brilliant . . . this is a staggeringly good book . . . [It] should be on bookshelves forever., "[It is the] sobering voice of witness that Gourevitch has vividly captured in his work."-Wole Soyinka, The New York Times Book Review "[Gourevitch] has the mind of a scholar along with the observative capacity of a good novelist, and he writes like an angel. This volume establishes him as the peer of Michael Herr, Ryszard Kapuscinski, and Tobias Wolff. I think there is no limit to what we may expect from him."-Robert Stone "A sobering, revealing, and deeply thoughtful chronicle."-The Boston Globe "The most important book I have read in many years . . . [Gourevitch] examines [the genocidal war in Rwanda] with humility, anger, grief and a remarkable level of both political and moral intelligence."-Susie Linfield, Los Angeles Times "Shocking and important . . . clear and balanced . . . the voice in this book is meticulous and humane."--Michael Pearson, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Astonishing . . . [Gourevitch] is masterful at placing the unspeakability of mass murder into actual people's mouths and inhabiting it in actual people's stories."-Mark Gevisser, Newsday "Unsettlingly beautiful . . . brilliant . . . this is a staggeringly good book . . . [It] should be on bookshelves forever."-Tom Engelhardt, The Philadelphia Inquirer, "[It is the] sobering voice of witness that Gourevitch has vividly captured in his work."- Wole Soyinka , The New York Times Book Review "[Gourevitch] has the mind of a scholar along with the observative capacity of a good novelist, and he writes like an angel. This volume establishes him as the peer of Michael Herr, Ryszard Kapuscinski, and Tobias Wolff. I think there is no limit to what we may expect from him."- Robert Stone "A sobering, revealing, and deeply thoughtful chronicle."- The Boston Globe "The most important book I have read in many years . . . [Gourevitch] examines [the genocidal war in Rwanda] with humility, anger, grief and a remarkable level of both political and moral intelligence."- Susie Linfield , Los Angeles Times "Shocking and important . . . clear and balanced . . . the voice in this book is meticulous and humane."-- Michael Pearson , The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Astonishing . . . [Gourevitch] is masterful at placing the unspeakability of mass murder into actual people's mouths and inhabiting it in actual people's stories."- Mark Gevisser , Newsday "Unsettlingly beautiful . . . brilliant . . . this is a staggeringly good book . . . [It] should be on bookshelves forever."- Tom Engelhardt , The Philadelphia Inquirer, [Gourevitch] has the mind of a scholar along with the observative capacity of a good novelist, and he writes like an angel. This volume establishes him as the peer of Michael Herr, Ryszard Kapuscinski, and Tobias Wolff. I think there is no limit to what we may expect from him., "[It is the] sobering voice of witness that Gourevitch has vividly captured in his work." - Wole Soyinka, New York Times Book Review "[Gourevitch] has the mind of a scholar along with the observative capacity of a good novelist, and he writes like an angel. This volume establishes him as the peer of Michael Herr, Ryszard Kapuscinski, and Tobias Wolff. I think there is no limit to what we may expect from him." - Robert Stone"A sobering, revealing, and deeply thoughtful chronicle." - The Boston Globe "The most important book I have read in many years_ [Gourevitch] examines [the genocidal war in Rwanda] with humility, anger, grief and a remarkable level of both political and moral intelligence." - Susie Linfield, Los Angeles Times "Shocking and important_ clear and balanced_ the voice in this book is meticulous and humane." - Michael Pearson, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Astonishing_ [Gourevitch] is masterful at placing the unspeakability of mass murder into actual people's mouths and inhabiting it in actual people's stories." - Mark Gevisser, Newsday "Unsettlingly beautiful_ brilliant_ this is a staggeringly good book_ .[It] should be on bookshelves forever." - Tom Engelhardt, The Philadelphia Inquirer
