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With her novel running the rift she won the 2010 bellwether prize for fiction. The plot in the story is jeanpatrick is trying to be an olympic runner but he comes into some problems as people try to stop him. Running the rift by naomi benaron overdrive rakuten. A young rwandans dream of running in the olympics collides with his countrys inescapable turmoil in naomi benaron s gripping first novel, running the rift. Set in rwandaa country that benaron says she felt a strong connection to upon first sightthe story follows jean patrick nkuba and his dream of one day running in the olympics. Even though running the rift is a work of fiction, it is on an important topic. Dec 18, 2015 running the rift by naomi benaron in doc, epub, rtf download ebook. In running the rift, naomi benaron demonstrates that the genocide came slowly, over years, through the eyes of a young tutsi man named jean patrick nkuba. Running the rift by naomi benaron unabridged audiobook.
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Jean patrick placed a hand on the steers back and felt the wet quiver of his hide. One connection between her life and this story is that she is a triathlete and marathon runner. For those of you reading this post, please remember that this discussion is likely to contain spoilers. A naturally gifted athlete, he sprints over the thousand hills of rwanda and dreams of becoming his countrys first olympic medal winner in track.
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