by Jean Hatzfeld · Gótica editora · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789727921300
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«Tempo de Catanas» is Jean Hatzfeld's chronicle of the Rwandan genocide, published by Gótica editora in paperback (248 pages, in Portuguese).
Between April and June 1994, 800,000 Tutsis were killed in Rwanda and more than a million people fled to Congo. Ten years later, French journalist Jean Hatzfeld collects the testimony of those convicted of the crimes to explain how they came to kill neighbors, schoolmates, work colleagues or fellow worshippers.
Work originally published as «Une saison de machettes» (2003); second title in Jean Hatzfeld's Rwanda series. Received the Prix Femina and the Prix Joseph Kessel.
For readers of history and journalism, with an interest in testimonies about collective violence and the Rwandan genocide.
Jean Hatzfeld is a French author and journalist who wrote extensively about the Bosnian War and the Rwandan Genocide in Rwanda.
