All at once, as it seemed, something we could have only imagined was upon us - and we could still only imagine it. This is what fascinates me most in existence: the peculiar necessity of imagining what is, in fact, real.
Philip Gourevitch is the author of We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families. He is a staff writer for the New Yorker and editor of the Paris Review.
I know few books, fiction or non-fiction, as compelling as Philip
Gourevitch's account of the Rwandan genocide
*Sebastian Junger, author of THE PERFECT STORM*
Like the greatest war reporters, Philip Gourevitch raises the human
banner in hell's mouth . . . This volume establishes him as the
peer of Michael Herr, there is no limit to what we may expect from
him
*Robert Stone*
Magnificent, terrifying . . . Gourevitch's account is factual,
unemotional - and utterly gut-wrenching . . . The great achievement
of his book is that it allows us to imagine this unimaginable crime
. . . and those who stood by, human beings all
*Irish Times*
A sparkling jewel that shone no matter what angle you looked at it
from
*Amanda Foreman*
Gourevitch constructs a powerful indictment against international
inaction . . . In his meticulous journalistic reconstruction he
drives home the point that this is a history like any other . . .
It is also a stark rebuttal of those who have tried to separate
what happened in Nazi Germany and what happened in central Africa
half a century later
*Observer*
Philip Gourevitch has written the book which is the key to these
dramatic and terrifying events . . . Should be compulsory reading .
. . for all UN officials involved in peace-keeping operations and
humanitarian aid, from the Secretary General on down
*Guardian*
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