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We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our Families:

Stories from Rwanda
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812 Reviews
Picador, 2000 - Tutsi (African people) - 355 pages

‘I know few books, fiction or non-fiction, as compelling as Philip Gourevitch’s account of the Rwandan genocide’ Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm

‘Like the greatest war reporters, Philip Gourevitch raises the human banner in hell’s mouth . . . This volume establishes him as the peer of Michael Herr, there is no limit to what we may expect from him’ Robert Stone

‘Magnificent, terrifying . . . Gourevitch’s account is factual, unemotional – and utterly gut-wrenching . . . The great achievement of his book is that it allows us to imagine this unimaginable crime . . . and those who stood by, human beings all’ Irish Times

‘A sparkling jewel that shone no matter what angle you looked at it from’ Amanda Foreman

‘Gourevitch constructs a powerful indictment against international inaction . . . In his meticulous journalistic reconstruction he drives home the point that this is a history like any other . . . It is also a stark rebuttal of those who have tried to separate what happened in Nazi Germany and what happened in central Africa half a century later’ Observer

‘Philip Gourevitch has written the book which is the key to these dramatic and terrifying events . . . Should be compulsory reading . . . for all UN officials involved in peace-keeping operations and humanitarian aid, from the Secretary General on down’ Guardian

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This was my introduction to the genocide in Rwanda. - Goodreads
Well researched and thought out. - Goodreads
Maybe I just find his prose terribly dull. - Goodreads
The writing style was excellent and compelling. - Goodreads
Very disturbing and educational. - Goodreads
Impressive reporting, unimpressive writing. - Goodreads

Review: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

User Review  - Ric - Goodreads

Hugely engrossing and informative. Read full review

Review: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

User Review  - Robert - Goodreads

The book was not a history of the genocide, just stories. There was no real context to them and I stopped reading it, because I could not finish it. Read full review

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About the author (2000)

Philip Gourevitch, a staff writer at "The New Yorker", lives in New York City. His last book, "We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda" (FSG, 1998), won the National Book Critics Circle & Los Angeles Times Book Awards.

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