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Pub Date: Feb. 1, 2001
ISBN: 0-385-32650-5
Page Count: 150
Publisher: Delacorte
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Dec. 15, 2000
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Young Adult Fiction. HTML:Hiding behind an armchair, five-year-old Emma does not witness the murder of her mother, but she hears everything. And when the assassins finally leave, the young Tutsi girl somehow manages to stumble away from the scene, motivated only by the memory of her mother's last words: "You must not die, Emma!" Eventually Emma is taken in by an old Hutu woman who risks her own life to hide the child. Emma stays with the old woman and a quiet bond forms between the two, but show more long after the war ends, the young girl is still haunted by nightmares. When the country establishes courts to allow victims to face their tormenters in their villages, Emma is uneasy and afraid. But through her growing friendship with a young torture victim and the gentle encouragement of an old man charged with helping child survivors, Emma finds the courage to return to the house where her mother was killed and begin the journey to healing..show less
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Élisabeth Combres
„La mémoire trouée“ est un roman d’Élisabeth Combres. La thématique du roman est la situation du peuple du Rwanda après le génocide. L’histoire est basée sur des faits historiques réels. Les personnages, en revanche, ont été inventés par l’auteure, et sont donc fictifs.
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En avril 1994 au Rwanda, lorsque la guerre civile entre Tutsi et Hutu commence, Emma, une fille de cinq ans, assiste involontairement au meurtre de sa mère. Entendant les Tutsis arrivés, la maman ordonne à sa fille de se cacher, de se taire et de s’imaginer être ailleurs afin de lui permettre de survivre. Emma ne voit donc pas directement l’assassinat de sa mère de ses propres yeux, mais entend tout.
Après les massacres Emma, s’enfuie et trouve refuge chez une femme Hutu nommée Mukecuru. En la protégeant, cette femme encourt un énorme risque. Durant toutes ces années, Emma doit régulièrement se cacher dans des chants pour que personne ne découvre que Mukecuru s’occupe d’une Tutsi. En effet, cela mettrait un point final à leur vie.
Neuf ans plus tard, Emma, toujours traumatisée par ce grave incident, se réveille chaque nuit à cause d’un horrible cauchemar. Malgré cela, elle essaye de surpasser son passé et de vivre sa vie. Elle a