An international sensation, Small Country is a beautiful but harrowing tale of comingofage in the face of civil war.A luminous debut novelFaye dramatises the terrible nostalgia of having lost not only a childhood but also a whole world to war GuardianBurundi, 1992. For tenyearold 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 Gal Fayes talent is breathtaking Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers

Binding: Paperback;192 pages; Publisher: Vintage Publishing; Classification: FA; Weight: 264 g; Dimensions: 197 x 135 x 13

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