Sunday, March 22, 2009

Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza


My review


rating: 4 of 5 stars
I hardly have words to describe how Immaculee Ilibagiza's story of her survival during the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 affects me. I thought of Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, Eli Wiesel's Night, and a recent read: What is the What? by Dave Eggers. In its simple and direct way, the story's horrors seemed magnified. The light and faith and hope within this young woman shines through. When Immaculee says, "Forgiveness is all I have to offer," she is not being sanctimonious.


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