An Ordinary Man

Rusesabagina, Paul; Zoellner, Tom

ISBN 10: 1602851549 ISBN 13: 9781602851542

Publisher: Center Point Pub, 2008

Synopsis

Readers who were moved and horrified by Hotel Rwanda will respond even more intensely to Paul Rusesabagina's unforgettable autobiography. As Rwanda was thrown into chaos during the 1994 genocide, Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, turned the luxurious Hotel Milles Collines into a refuge for more than 1,200 Tutsi and moderate Hutu refugees, while fending off their would-be killers with a combination of diplomacy and deception. In An Ordinary Man, he tells the story of his childhood, retraces his accidental path to heroism, revisits the 100 days during which he was the only thing standing between his "guests" and a hideous death, and recounts his subsequent life as a refugee and activist.

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Review:

`A fascinating book ... by an ordinary man, about ordinary people,
the kind of daring it takes to survive, and most of all the courage it
takes to endure' -- Sunday Telegraph

`He recounts the ordeal with a narrative tension worthy of a
superior thriller ... compelling ... harrowing' -- Observer

`Here is a memoir that incontrovertibly matters ... he displays in
this account a candour and clear-sightedness that are remarkable' -- Christopher Hart, Sunday Times

`Part memoir, part polemic, part social history, An Ordinary Man
is a deeply impressive work' -- Scotland on Sunday

`Read this book. It will humble and inspire you' -- Daily Mail

From the Publisher:

An Ordinary Man will aim to become a classic of tolerance
literature, on the level of Schindler's List and Long Walk to Freedom by
Nelson Mandela

About this edition

• Publisher: Center Point Pub
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1602851549
• ISBN 13: 9781602851542
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 271