Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga

Our Monthly reading group will discuss Notre-Dame du Nil (Our Lady of the Nile, translated by Melanie Mauthner at Archipelago Books) and other works by Scholastique Mukasonga.

Scholastique Mukasonga's novel Our Lady of the Nile, adapted for the screen by Goncourt Prize-winning author and filmmaker, Atiq Rahimi, immerses you into an elite Catholic boarding school for young women perched on the ridge of the Nile, fifteen years before the Rwandan genocide. And share your reading impressions and thoughts about Scholastique Mukasonga’s books in an online discussion with other literature’s lovers. 

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Related / Latest Publication:
Our Lady of the Nile (Archipelago Books, 2014)
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