Cockroaches by Scholastique Mukasonga

Cockroaches

Scholastique Mukasonga with Jordan Stump (Translator)

165 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Imagine being born into a world where everything about you--the shape of your nose, the look of your hair, the place of your birth--designates you as an undesirable, an inferior, a menace, no better than a cockroach, something to be driven away an...

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Moods

sad 92%
emotional 80%
dark 76%
challenging 62%
reflective 56%
informative 46%
tense 34%
adventurous 2%
hopeful 2%
inspiring 2%

Pace

medium 55%
fast 23%
slow 21%

Average rating

4.55

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