{"id":851,"date":"2022-04-13T18:22:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/?p=851"},"modified":"2022-04-13T18:24:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:24:21","slug":"the-barefoot-woman-daunt-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/the-barefoot-woman-daunt-books\/","title":{"rendered":"In Store Now : The Barefoot Woman \u2013 Daunt Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m delighted to announce that my book &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/dauntbooks.co.uk\/shop\/books\/the-barefoot-woman\/\"><em>The Barefoot Woman<\/em><\/a>&#8221; translated from french &#8220;<em>La Femme aux pieds nus<\/em>&#8221; by <em>Jordan Stump<\/em> will be released this April 2022 on\u00a0<em>Daunt books<\/em>\u00a0my publisher in UK &#x1f1ec;&#x1f1e7;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A National Book Award Finalist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018The Barefoot Woman&nbsp;<\/em>is a different act of filial devotion: a rich retelling of the author\u2019s village childhood.\u2019&nbsp;<strong><em>New Statesman<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018An extraordinary tribute to \u201cMother Courage\u201d, as well as a timely reminder of war\u2019s devastation.\u2019&nbsp;<em><strong>Observer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018A lovely, tender memoir.\u2019&nbsp;<em><strong>Telegraph<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018In sentences of great beauty and restraint, Mukasonga rescues a million souls from the collective noun \u201cgenocide\u201d, returning them to us as individual human beings.\u2019&nbsp;<strong>Zadie Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018A daughter\u2019s lyrical tribute [and] a resonant revelation.\u2019&nbsp;<strong>Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, author of&nbsp;<em>Dust<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018It resonates with love for community-in-exile, for those violently lost, and above all for the creative endurance of mother courage.\u2019&nbsp;<strong>Ruby Cowling, author of&nbsp;<em>This Paradise<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018The memories of childhood, a lost home, a mother who sacrificed herself are the pounding heart of the book . . . 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