{"id":176,"date":"2016-08-23T10:52:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T08:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/?p=176"},"modified":"2022-04-13T18:36:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:36:21","slug":"cockroaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Cockroaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cockroaches<\/h1>\n

by Scholastique Mukasonga<\/a><\/p>\n

Translated from French by Jordan Stump<\/a>
\nPublisher: Archipelago<\/a> (October 4th, 2016)<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Purchase ‘Cockroaches’ on Amazon<\/a>|Barnes & Noble.<\/a>|Local Bookseller<\/a><\/p>\n

In a tale that recounts her own experience fleeing the ethnic violence of Rwanda, Scholastique Mukasonga resurrects in heartbreaking detail the lives of her many family members who were killed. In her reflections, she captures not only the suffering brought about by her family\u2019s displacement, but also the beauty present in small, quiet moments with her loved ones.<\/p>\n

Review<\/h3>\n

“A thoughtful, sobering firsthand account of the refugee experience, a story that speaks to readers far beyond the African highlands.” – KIRKUS REVIEW<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

“A book I would strongly recommend to anyone with an interest in foreign affairs and a good contextual book when examining faction wars in the Middle East which at times come perilously close to similar internal political implosions. A cautionary tale for anyone who witnesses conflict on the basis of race and ethnicity in East or the West for that matter,on how pettiness can so quickly become carnage and ultimately genocide.” – Screen Wiper<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

“Heavy, unflinchingly raw, inspiring.” Book Stalker Blog<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cockroaches by Scholastique Mukasonga Translated from French by Jordan Stump Publisher: Archipelago (October 4th, 2016)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[23,39,34,35,10],"yoast_head":"\nCOCKROACHES - Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Jordan Stump<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a tale that recounts her own experience fleeing the ethnic violence of Rwanda, Scholastique Mukasonga resurrects in heartbreaking detail the lives ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COCKROACHES - Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Jordan Stump\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a tale that recounts her own experience fleeing the ethnic violence of Rwanda, Scholastique Mukasonga resurrects in heartbreaking detail the lives ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Official Website of Scholastique Mukasonga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-23T08:52:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-13T16:36:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cockroaches-by-Scholastique-Mukasonga-\u2013-Archipelago-Books-.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"788\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scholastique\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scholastique\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scholastique\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23\"},\"headline\":\"Cockroaches\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-23T08:52:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-13T16:36:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/\"},\"wordCount\":189,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23\"},\"keywords\":[\"archipelago books\",\"books\",\"Cockroaches\",\"genocide\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Books\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/\",\"name\":\"COCKROACHES - Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Jordan Stump\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-23T08:52:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-13T16:36:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"In a tale that recounts her own experience fleeing the ethnic violence of Rwanda, Scholastique Mukasonga resurrects in heartbreaking detail the lives ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cockroaches\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/\",\"name\":\"The Official Website of Scholastique Mukasonga\",\"description\":\"The Official Web Site of Rwandan Author Scholastique Mukasonga, author of the novels Lady of the Nile\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23\",\"name\":\"Scholastique\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/scholastique-mukasonga-rentr\u00e9e-litt\u00e9raire-290x290.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/scholastique-mukasonga-rentr\u00e9e-litt\u00e9raire-290x290.jpg\",\"width\":290,\"height\":290,\"caption\":\"Scholastique\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/author\/amin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"COCKROACHES - Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Jordan Stump","description":"In a tale that recounts her own experience fleeing the ethnic violence of Rwanda, Scholastique Mukasonga resurrects in heartbreaking detail the lives ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"COCKROACHES - Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Jordan Stump","og_description":"In a tale that recounts her own experience fleeing the ethnic violence of Rwanda, Scholastique Mukasonga resurrects in heartbreaking detail the lives ...","og_url":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/","og_site_name":"The Official Website of Scholastique Mukasonga","article_published_time":"2016-08-23T08:52:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-13T16:36:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":940,"height":788,"url":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cockroaches-by-Scholastique-Mukasonga-\u2013-Archipelago-Books-.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Scholastique","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scholastique","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/"},"author":{"name":"Scholastique","@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23"},"headline":"Cockroaches","datePublished":"2016-08-23T08:52:23+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-13T16:36:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/"},"wordCount":189,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23"},"keywords":["archipelago books","books","Cockroaches","genocide","Rwanda"],"articleSection":["Books"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/","url":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/","name":"COCKROACHES - Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Jordan Stump","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-08-23T08:52:23+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-13T16:36:21+00:00","description":"In a tale that recounts her own experience fleeing the ethnic violence of Rwanda, Scholastique Mukasonga resurrects in heartbreaking detail the lives ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cockroaches"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/","name":"The Official Website of Scholastique Mukasonga","description":"The Official Web Site of Rwandan Author Scholastique Mukasonga, author of the novels Lady of the Nile","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23","name":"Scholastique","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/scholastique-mukasonga-rentr\u00e9e-litt\u00e9raire-290x290.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/scholastique-mukasonga-rentr\u00e9e-litt\u00e9raire-290x290.jpg","width":290,"height":290,"caption":"Scholastique"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"url":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/author\/amin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions\/863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}