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Biographical note
Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse was born in Butare, Rwanda in 1979. Surviving the genocide against the Tutsis, she moved to France in 1994 to study political science and work for humanitarian causes. She is now an acclaimed novelist and poet. Alison Anderson is a literary translator and author of three novels, Hidden Latitudes, Darwin’s Wink and The Summer Guest. She has translated over thirty novels from French, including Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog and the works by Nobel laureate JMG Le Clézio.<p>"Viscerally powerful."</p>
Financial Times
<p>“Searing… a poignant meditation on the violence that ruptured so many lives. Mairesse’s lyrical prose, translated by Alison Anderson, is mesmerising.”</p>
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The Observer
<p>“Silence, muteness, buried pain, the guarding of long-held secrets, obfuscation and the disinclination to discuss traumatic experience – all inflect this lyrical, subtle narrative, which takes a sideways approach to “the shipwreck of a nation” in Rwanda after the genocide of the Tutsi in 1994. Focusing on female perspectives, <em>All Your Children, Scattered</em> ripples outwards from this central catastrophe, moving back and forth in time; Mairesse explores family matters with great specificity, while never diminishing the scale of the tragedy.”</p>
TLS
<p>“Clear-eyed, rich prose….. a book of deep sorrow and profound dignity, a commentary both on the violent legacy of colonisation and the pitilessness of human nature.”</p>
Irish Times