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Cargando... This Voice in My Heart: A Genocide Survivor's Story of Escape, Faith, and Forgiveness (2007)por Gilbert Tuhabonye
   Burundi (3) Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.  starbox | Mar 27, 2015 |    ) darcy36 | Jul 8, 2014 | A well-told account of Gilbert Tuhabonye's childhood and adolescence in Burundi. He is a competitive runner and an ethnic Tutsi who was the only survivor of a brutal Hutu massacre at his school. The majority of the memoir recounts his family and village life. I would have liked to hear more about his religious life, how he made sense of his experiences, and the cross-cultural aspects of his transition to the United States. There was some dropped content, especially about relationships, and the last section of the book was rushed and flat. Otherwise, a solid and evocative narrative. ( ) OshoOsho | Mar 30, 2013 | urcinc | Apr 27, 2009 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Gilbert Tuhabonye is a survivor. More than ten years ago, he lay buried under a pile of burning bodies. The centuries-old battle between Hutu and Tutsi tribes had come to Gilbert's school. Fueled by hatred, the Hutus forced more than a hundred Tutsi children and teachers into a small room and used machetes to beat most of them to death. The unfortunate ones who survived the beating were doused with gasoline and set on fire. After hiding under burning bodies for over eight hours, Gilbert heard a voice inside saying, "You will be all right; you will survive." He knows it was God speaking to him. Gilbert was the lone survivor of the genocide, and thanks his enduring faith in God for his survival. Today, having forgiven his enemies and moved forward with his life, he is a world-class athlete, running coach and celebrity in his new hometown of Austin, Texas. The road to this point has been a tough one, but Gilbert uses his survival instincts to spur him on to the goal of qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Summer Games. THIS VOICE IN MY HEART will portray not only the horrific event itself, but will be a catalyst for people to understand real forgiveness and the gift of faith in God. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This review is from: The Running Man (Hardcover)
A compelling autobiography of the Burundian runner, where the narrative follows two strands: the main chapters follow his childhood, family, religion and education - but preceding each are a few pages taking us further into an account of That Day in 1993, when the Hutus rose up with machetes and turned on the Tutsis (to which tribe the author belongs).
Aged around 18 and away at boarding school, the author wakes on the day thinking of school exams and his hopes for an athletics scholarship to USA. But it soon becomes evident things are not as they should be, and unspeakable horrors lie ahead...
Extremely well written and tense-making, but inspirational too. I was well aware of Rwanda's genocide but not of Burundi's tragic history. (