The Key to My Neighbor's House
Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Political Science
| Author: | Elizabeth Neuffer | ISBN: | 9781250082718 |
| Publisher: | Picador | Publication: | April 21, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Picador | Language: | English |
| Author: | Elizabeth Neuffer |
| ISBN: | 9781250082718 |
| Publisher: | Picador |
| Publication: | April 21, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Language: | English |
Interviewing war criminals and their victims, Neuffer explains, through the voices of people she follows over the course of a decade, how genocide erodes a nation's social and political environment. Her characters' stories and their competing notions of justice-from searching for the bodies of loved ones, to demanding war crime trials, to seeking bloody revenge-convinces readers that crimes against humanity cannot be resolved by simple talk of forgiveness,or through the more common recourse to forgetfulness.
Interviewing war criminals and their victims, Neuffer explains, through the voices of people she follows over the course of a decade, how genocide erodes a nation's social and political environment. Her characters' stories and their competing notions of justice-from searching for the bodies of loved ones, to demanding war crime trials, to seeking bloody revenge-convinces readers that crimes against humanity cannot be resolved by simple talk of forgiveness,or through the more common recourse to forgetfulness.
