An Ordinary Man
Paul Rusesabagina & Tom Zoellner
Language: English
Africa Autobiography Biography Biography & Autobiography Cultural Heritage East General Genocide Historical - General History Human rights workers Large print books Large type books Murder Native Americans Personal Memoirs Prevention Rwanda True Crime
Publisher: Center Point Large Print
Published: Mar 15, 2008
Description:
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The remarkable life story of the man who inspired the film *Hotel Rwanda*** 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 in which he was the only thing standing between his "guests" and a hideous death, and recounts his subsequent life as a refugee and activist.