{"product_id":"when-the-hills-ask-for-your-blood-a-personal-story-of-genocide-and-rwanda","title":"When The Hills Ask For Your Blood: A Personal Story of Genocide and Rwanda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Belton, David\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 12-03-2015\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \u003cbr\u003e\n'Tremendous. A moving and haunting tribute to the human spirit' WILLIAM BOYDInto the heart of a genocide that left a million people dead6 April 1994: In the skies above Rwanda the president’s plane is shot down in flames. Near Kigali, Jean-Pierre holds his family close, fearing for their lives as the violence escalates. In the chapel of a hillside village, missionary priest Vjeko Curic prepares to save thousands of livesThe mass slaughter that follows – friends against friends, neighbours against neighbours - is one of the bloodiest chapters in historyTwenty years on, BBC Newsnight producer David Belton, one of the first journalists into Rwanda, tells of the horrors he experienced at first-hand. Now following the threads of Jean-Pierre and Vjeko Curic’s stories, he revisits a country still marked with blood, in search of those who survived and the legacy of those who did not. This is David Belton's quest for the limits of bravery and forgiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\nTremendous. A moving and haunting tribute to the human spirit -- WILLIAM BOYD\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDavid Belton has written something very special, a work of non-fiction that has a novel’s power to move, enchant and challenge. This elegantly-written book is much more than a history, a work of lyrical beauty that will stand as a memorial not just for those who died in the genocide but to those of us who struggle to make a difference. -- Tim Butcher, author of BLOOD RIVER\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nComplex, compassionate and scathing… Much of the writing … has a literary power that lifts it above normal journalistic or non-fiction practice: Jean-Pierre’s confinement in his mud-walled hole has shades of Beckett, and both Odette and Curic seem like Brechtian heroes. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nGiles Foden\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBelton excavates the truth and layers the political, social and military dimensions of the conflict onto three peoples’ stories, to produce a book that is both illuminating and profoundly moving. -- Aminatta Forna ―\u003cbr\u003e\nIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBrings the story right up to date, confronting the dilemmas and tensions that lie not far below the surface ... ―\u003cbr\u003e\nObserver\u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nDavid Belton worked as a producer at BBC\u003cbr\u003e\nNewsnight in the 1990s where, amongst many foreign assignments, he covered the civil war in Bosnia and the genocide in Rwanda. In 2002, he co-wrote the story and produced the award-winning feature film\u003cbr\u003e\nShooting Dogs based on real events that had taken place during the Rwandan genocide. He has since produced and directed many critically acclaimed and award-winning documentaries for British and American television. He lives in Oxford with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780552775335\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.0 x 1.0 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50243306029360,"sku":"Trans_9780552775335","price":975.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81np5hwEE6L.jpg?v=1761296880","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/when-the-hills-ask-for-your-blood-a-personal-story-of-genocide-and-rwanda","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}