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  1. Jun 7, 2023 · From the United States. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Petit Pays at Amazon.com. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.

  2. Jan 29, 2021 · The novel was vivid and horrific, but Petit Pays has had more of an emotional impact on me because of the child’s-eye view. Petit Pays is available in English from Fishpond: Small Country and you can see how fine the Sarah Aridizzone’s translation is from excerpts in Stu’s review at Winston’s Dad.

  3. Aug 24, 2016 · Gaël Faye. 4.22. 21,103 ratings2,136 reviews. Avant, Gabriel faisait les quatre cents coups avec ses copains dans leur coin de paradis. Et puis l'harmonie familiale s'est disloquée en même temps que son "petit pays", le Burundi, ce bout d'Afrique centrale brutalement malmenée par l'Histoire. Plus tard, Gabriel fait revivre un monde à ...

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  4. Small Country. Small Country (French: Petit pays) is a novel set in Burundi by the Franco-Rwandan rapper, songwriter and novelist, Gaël Faye. It was first published in France in August 2016 by Grasset, and has since been translated into 36 languages. [1] [2]

  5. Nov 15, 2023 · The song explores the concept of ‘petit pays,’ which translates to ‘small country’ in English, representing the deep connection and sense of belonging that Faye feels towards his native land. In the lyrics, Faye recounts the memories and experiences of his childhood, painting a vivid picture of the beauty and struggles that shaped his ...

  6. The translations of Petit pays into thirty languages and its five French literary prizes attest to the universal appeal of this first novel by Gaël Faye, a Franco-Rwandese rapper and former London trader. Bearing the eponymous title of one of Faye’s autobiographical rap songs, the novel is set in Bujumbura, the capital of the child-narrator ...

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  8. Faye, G. Petit Pays, p.21. In 1992, ten-year-old Gabriel lived in Burundi with his French entrepreneur father, his Rwandan mother and his younger sister, Ana, in a comfortable neighbourhood mostly populated by expats. Gabriel spends most of his time with his buddies, a merry bunch busy doing all sorts of mischief until his peaceful daily life ...

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