A Sunday at the pool in Kigali
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A Sunday at the pool in Kigali (original French title: Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali) is the first novel by Montreal author Gil Courtemanche, originally published in 2000.
Set in Kigali, Rwanda, the novel deals with a love affair between an elder Canadian expatriate and a young Rwandan, AIDS and the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
In 2006, a movie inspired by the book, A Sunday in Kigali (French Un dimanche à Kigali), was released.
[edit] Recognition
The novel was translated into English as A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali by Patricia Claxton in 2003 (ISBN 0-676-97482-1). It was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for French to English translation.
Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali was chosen for inclusion in the French version of Canada Reads, Le combat des livres, broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004, where it was defended by writer, environmentalist and activist Laure Waridel. Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali eventually won the contest.
[edit] See also
- Hotel Rwanda
- Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda — book
- Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire — documentary
- Shake Hands with the Devil — dramatic feature film
[edit] External links
- Book page at Random House of Canada (English)
- Book page from Radio Canada's Le combat des livres (French)
- Un dimanche à Kigali Film adaptation subsidized by Telefilm Canada (English)
- Un dimanche à Kigali at The Internet Movie Database
- Un dimanche à Kigali Movieset.com's Behind the Scenes site