04082cam a2200733 4500 527886066 TxAuBib 20211107120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781616201876 1616201878 B009PAZ6Q4 Amazon 5847df6b-fab4-41a4-b789-a0fb83cdf925 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1128941 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Benaron, Naomi. Running the Rift [Libby] : A Novel. Workman Publishing, 2012. family. Africa. track. politics. Hutu. racism. War. olympic athlete. African history. Runner. Olympics. Rwanda. Nature. wilderness. prejudice. Religion. World History. running. murder . race. ethnic cleansing. genocide. hate. ambition. violence. discrimination. Social Issues. 1994. Social Justice. gold medal. Tutsi. Rwandan genocide. Professional Athlete. never again. olympic medal. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 932kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<p><b>Winner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction: An "audacious and compelling" novel of one man trying to outrun the horrors of the Rwandan genocide (<i>The Washington Post</i>).</b><br /> <b>A <i>Kansas City Star</i>, <i>Seattle Times</i>, and <i>BookBrowse</i> Best of the Year Pick</b><br /> <i>Running the Rift</i> follows the progress of Jean Patrick Nkuba from the day he knows that running will be his life to the moment he must run to save his life. A naturally gifted athlete, he sprints over the thousand hills of Rwanda and dreams of becoming his country's first Olympic medal winner in track. But Jean Patrick is a Tutsi in a world that has become increasingly restrictive and violent for his people. As tensions mount between the Hutu and Tutsi, he holds fast to his dream that running might deliver him, and his people, from the brutality around them.<br /> Winner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, Naomi Benaron has written a stunning and gorgeous novel that—through the eyes of one unforgettable boy—explores a country's unraveling, its tentative new beginning, and the love that binds its people together.<br /> "A profound display of imagination and empathy. Benaron writes like Jean Patrick runs, with the heart of a lion." —<i>The Dallas Morning News</i><br /> "A novel full of unspeakable strife but also joy, humor, and love." —<i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i><br /> "This is truly fearless writing: ambitious, beautiful, unapologetically passionate." —Barbara Kingsolver, <i>New York Times</i>–bestselling author<br /> "A culturally rich and unflinching story of resilience and resistance." —<i>Chicago Tribune</i><br /> "Benaron accomplishes the improbable feat of wringing genuine loveliness from unspeakable horror."—<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5847DF6B-FAB4-41A4-B789-A0FB83CDF925&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5847DF6B-FAB4-41A4-B789-A0FB83CDF925&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5847DF6B-FAB4-41A4-B789-A0FB83CDF925&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)