The Barefoot Woman (French: La femme aux pieds nus) is a 2008 memoir by Scholastique Mukasonga, published by Éditions Gallimard. An English translation by Jordan Stump was published in 2018 by Penguin Random House.
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| Author | Scholastique Mukasonga |
|---|---|
| Language | French |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Éditions Gallimard |
Publication date | 2008 |
The book concerns Mukasonga's mother. It has some discussion of the Rwandan genocide.[1]
Parul Sehgul of The New York Times wrote that in comparison to Cockroaches, The Barefoot Woman is "gentler, in some ways" and that its "gaze [...] is softer".[1]
Contents
editThe book lists Mukasonga's memories based on various topics.[1]
Reception
editIn a review for The New York Times, Parul Sehgal stated that The Barefoot Woman "powerfully continues the tradition of women’s work it so lovingly recounts."[1]
Publishers Weekly described it as "beautiful and elegiac", and strongly recommended the book as it gave it a star.[2]
The English translation of Mukasonga's memoir by Jordan Stump was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Sehgal, Parul (2018-12-04). "'The Barefoot Woman' Keeps a Mother's Memory Alive". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^ "The Barefoot Woman". Publishers Weekly. 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^ "The Barefoot Woman". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
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