Jacaranda by Gaël Faye review – the limits of forgiveness after Rwanda
- A family saga confronts Rwanda’s genocide and its enduring consequences.
- Milan uncovers painful secrets linking France and Rwanda.
- The novel examines memory, belonging, justice and forgiveness.
Gaël Faye’s Jacaranda is presented as an ambitious family saga about the long aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, asking whether healing and forgiveness are possible after mass atrocity. The novel follows Milan, a French-Rwandan boy raised in relative comfort in Versailles, as his mother’s silence and the…