{"title":"Books by Gaël Faye","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781784746063","title":"Jacaranda","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young man journeys from Paris to Rwanda to discover the truth about his mother’s past and the country of her birth, from bestselling and prize-winning Rwandan-French novelist and hip-hop artist Gaël Faye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A luminous poetic quality … unforgettable’ Leïla Slimani\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Utterly, captivatingly brilliant’ Philippe SandsMilan – the twelve-year-old son of a French father and a Rwandan mother – blames flunking his exams on the emotional trauma of the genocide in his mother’s homeland. It’s a convenient excuse: growing up outside Paris in the 1990s, the violence is an abstraction that only reaches him through distant television broadcasts. That is, until Milan’s mother introduces him to Claude, a young cousin with a bandaged head who has come to France seeking medical treatment. Thrilled to have a new playmate, Milan treats Claude as a brother until one day, he is sent back to Rwanda as quickly as he came. Four years later, Milan travels for the first time to Rwanda, encountering a beguiling country and family members he never knew existed, and reuniting with Claude. But the trip raises more questions than it answers – about Milan's family history, the war and its aftershocks. Over the course of many years, Milan returns to Rwanda again and again, compelled to confront the past and imagine a new kind of future. Jacaranda is a deeply felt portrait of a man seeking to understand his family and his nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A writer of great promise and grace’ Chigozie Obioma ‘Gaël Faye’s talent is breathtaking’ Imbolo Mbue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369153474933,"sku":"9781784746063","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781784746063_1e657aaf-00b5-4f59-961b-d0d036344c40.jpg?v=1786025703"},{"product_id":"9781646147328","title":"Endless Afternoons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ode to the endless afternoons of childhood, when boredom can offer a portal into another world.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs a kid growing up in Burundi, Gaël was lucky enough to get bored. He didn’t have school in the afternoons, and his family didn’t have a computer or a television. So he had to learn to use his imagination to invent games and ways to pass the time: a mess of furniture in the living room became a jungle for his superheroes to brave; bananas leaves transformed into sailing ships. With a poetic text from acclaimed Rwandan-French author, hip-hop artist, and musician Gaël Faye and featuring lush illustrations by award-winning illustrator Hippolyte comes Endless Afternoons, a journey into the magical world of a boring summer afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56998990545269,"sku":"9781646147328","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781646147328_01d88941-bd67-4ee6-abc2-f991928d3bb6.jpg?v=1786034254"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-gael-faye.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}