suwon fish wrote:
This book is the intertwined narratives of 3 UN staff. The book covers their work in Cambodia, Rwanda, Haiti, Somalia and Bosnia.
It's the story of tiny victories (and as many defeats) under almost impossible conditions. It's a bloody good read.
That (early, so it's not a spoiler) description of the Cambodian man waiting for his wife to die or recover from last-gasp malaria, sitting on his heels for HOURS...how many of you who've been to SE Asia have seen that exact same sitting position? I can barely do it for a minute before the knees give out on me.
It's just loaded with those little observations, and that's on top of the narratives. I find myself thinking about a dozen or so scenes from it regularly.