We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
12 February 2015Synopsis
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction
Winner of the Guardian First Book award
'I know few books, fiction or non-fiction, as compelling as Philip Gourevitch's account of the Rwandan genocide' – Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm
‘Should be compulsory reading’ – The Guardian
In 1994, the Rwandan government orchestrated a campaign of extermination, in which everyone in the Hutu majority was called upon to murder everyone in the Tutsi minority. Close to a million people were slaughtered in a hundred days, and the rest of the world did nothing to stop it. A year later, journalist Philip Gourevitch went to Rwanda to investigate the most unambiguous genocide since Hitler’s war against the Jews.
Hailed by the Guardian as one of the hundred greatest non-fiction books of all time, We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families is an unforgettable anatomy of Rwanda’s decimation. As riveting as it is moving, it is a profound reckoning with humanity’s betrayal and its perseverance.
‘Gourevitch constructs a powerful indictment against international inaction’ – Observer
‘Magnificent, terrifying’ – The Irish Times
Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
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12 February 2015
9781447275275Reviews
I know few books, fiction or non-fiction, as compelling as Philip Gourevitch's account of the Rwandan genocide
Like the greatest war reporters, Philip Gourevitch raises the human banner in hell's mouth . . . This volume establishes him as the peer of Michael Herr, there is no limit to what we may expect from him
Magnificent, terrifying . . . Gourevitch's account is factual, unemotional - and utterly gut-wrenching . . . The great achievement of his book is that it allows us to imagine this unimaginable crime . . . and those who stood by, human beings all
A sparkling jewel that shone no matter what angle you looked at it from
