69. "Have you read We Regret To Inform You That Tomorrow ..." In response to In response to 68
We Will Be Killed With Our Families?
I think that's the single most effective book on the Rwanda genocide. It gives a lot of detail but doesn't overwhelm the reader with SO much political detail as to be completely confusing (and you know that's a very confusing and conflicted region). But I find Gourevitch to have a greater grasp of how to reach his readers' emotions than Eggers is. But I think that's true in all of Eggers' writing. Look at the first 120 pages of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. In some ways, it's the best description of the impact of parents' death on a family, but maybe it's such a good description because his emotions never really enter into it.
~ ~ ~ All meetings end in separation All acquisition ends in dispersion All life ends in death - The Buddha