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''Our Lady of the Nile'' ((フランス語:Notre Dame du Nil)) is a French-language novel by Scholastique Mukasonga,〔"(Scholastique MUKASONGA Notre Dame du Nil / Our Lady of the Nile )." ''Institut Français'', Denmark. November 2012. Retrieved on 28 May 2015.〕 originally published in 2012 by Éditions Gallimard.〔"(Our Lady of the Nile )." Archipelago Books. Retrieved on 28 May 2015.〕 It is Mukasonga's fourth book and first novel.〔Taylor, John. "(Fuse Book Review: “Our Lady of the Nile” — Prefiguring Rwandan Genocide )" ((Archive )). ''Arts Fuse''. August 26, 2014. Retrieved on May 29 2015.〕 The English-language translation, published in the United States in 2014 by Archipelago Books, was done by Melanie Mauthier,〔 Gabudeanu, Andreea. "(Our Lady of the Nile )" ((Archive )). ''World Literature Today'', 03-04/2015, Volume 89, Issue 2. Retrieved on May 28, 2015.〕 a poet and writer from the United Kingdom.〔Popkin, Nathaniel. "(OUR LADY OF THE NILE )" ((Archive )). ''Cleaver Magazine''. Retrieved on May 29, 2015.〕 The story is about life at a Catholic boarding secondary school in Nyambinombe District, Rwanda circa 1980, prior to the Rwandan Genocide of 1994.〔Byrd, Christopher. "('Our Lady of the Nile,' a novel set in Rwanda before the 1994 genocide, has an air of foreboding and urgency )." ''Barnes & Noble Reviews''. October 1, 2014. Retrieved on May 28, 2015. (See repost at ) ((Archive )) ''Christian Science Monitor''〕 Christine Rousseau of ''Le Monde'' wrote that "D'une écriture âpre et tendue, Notre-Dame du Nil dépeint une société qui chemine inexorablement vers l'horreur" ("With bitter and tense writing, ''Our Lady of the Nile'' depicts a society walking inexorably towards horror").〔Rosseau, Christine. "(Scholastique Mukasonga : avant le génocide )." ''Le Monde''. 3 May 2012. Retrieved on 29 May 2015.〕 Brian P. Kelly of ''The New Criterion'' wrote that the book "is a snapshot of the social and racial conflicts that eventually led to the 1994 massacres."〔Kelly, Brian P. "(Critic's Notebook for August 25, 2014 )." ''The New Criterion''. August 25, 2014. Retrieved on May 28, 2015.〕 Madeleine LaRue of ''Music & Literature'' wrote that "The West has indeed too often dismissed suffering in Africa, but books like ''Our Lady of the Nile'' remind us why we must not be dismissive, why we must not look away."〔LaRue, Madeleine. "(Scholastique Mukasonga’s Our Lady of the Nile )" ((Archive )). ''Music & Literature''. 23 September 2014. Retrieved on 29 May 2015.〕 ==Story== The story takes place at an all-girls lycée at the top of a hill, near the source of the Nile River. The story is set during Hutu rule.〔Zoellner, Tom (Chapman University). "(Bigotry from birth. )" ((Archive )). ''The Fortnightly Review''. Retrieved on May 29, 2015.〕 The school has a quota that limits Tutsi students to 10% of the student body.〔 The characters form an ensemble cast and are present throughout the book. Each chapter focuses on a particular girl.〔DiMartino, Nick. "(Why This Book Should Win - Our Lady of the Nile by Guest Critic Nick DiMartino )" ((Archive )). ''Three Percent'', University of Rochester. Retrieved on 29 May 2015.〕 The middle of the novel includes the Tutsi students' encounters with some men, and the final portion of the novel showcases an anti-Tutsi frenzy. Character deaths are not directly depicted and are instead recounted by another character.〔 Tom Zoellner of Chapman University argued that the beginning of the novel is "too preoccupied with stage-setting".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Our Lady of the Nile」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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