{"product_id":"9781784746063","title":"Jacaranda - Sarah Ardizzone","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 Ga�l Faye`A luminous poetic quality . unforgettable' Le�la Slimani`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. `A writer of great promise and grace' Chigozie Obioma`Ga�l Faye's talent is breathtaking' Imbolo Mbue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarah Ardizzone","offers":[{"title":"256 pages \/ 06\/08\/2026 \/ Historical fiction","offer_id":57300712948087,"sku":"9781784746063","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781784746063.jpg?v=1784029444","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781784746063","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}