Benaron, Naomi, 1951-

Running the rift : a novel / Naomi Benaron. - 1st Canadian ed. - Toronto : HarperCollins, c2012. - 365 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-365).

Rwandan runner Jean Patrick Nkuba dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal and uniting his ethnically divided country, only to be driven from everyone he loves when the violence starts, after which he must find a way back to a better life.

ISBN: 1443409715 (tr. pbk.) 9781443409711 (tr. pbk.)

LCCN: 2011026349

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Runners (Sports)--Fiction.
Genocide--History--Rwanda--20th century--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Rwanda--History--Civil War, 1994--Fiction.
Rwanda--History--20th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction--2014.