Tír Bheag

€14.95

Le Gael Faye,

Aistrithe ag Antain Mac Lochlainn,

Futa Fata 2025,

ISBN 9781915684158,

Agus é ag fás aníos sa Bhurúin in 1992, tá Gabriel óg beag beann ar an teannas polaitiúil ina thimpeall.

Caitheann sé féin agus a chairde a gcuid laethanta ag spaisteoireacht, ag snámh san abhainn agus ag goid mangónna agus toitíní, faic na fríde ag cur isteach orthu. Ach tá stoirm ag bagairt ar an taobh thall den teorainn i Ruanda, tír dhúchais mháthair Gaby, agus ní fada go gcuirfidh cogadh cathartha agus cinedhíothú deireadh go deo le soineantacht an bhuachalla óig.

Súil siar chumhachtach is ea Tír Bheag ar eachtra mhór stairiúil de chuid na nóchaidí, súil siar a tharraingíonn ar thaithí phearsanta an údair féin.

Growing up in Burundi in 1992, young Gabriel is largely unaware of the political tension around him.

He and his friends spend their days wandering, swimming in the river, and stealing mangoes and tobacco, paying little heed to the world around them. But a storm is brewing on the other side of the border in Rwanda, the homeland of Gaby’s mother, and it won’t be long before civil war and genocide forever shatter the innocence of the young boy.

Tiny Country is a powerful look back at a major historical event of the nineties, a retrospective drawn from the author’s own personal experience.