In a novel set in one of these places, Gloriosa breaks a statue of the Virgin Mary while trying to remove her “Tutsi nose.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this type of place, the setting of a Scholastique Mukasonga novel titled for the Nile River. In another novel, Tambu watches Nyasha develop an eating disorder while staying in one of these places.
ANSWER: boarding schools [accept Catholic schools, missionary schools, secondary schools, high schools, charity schools, or blue coat schools] (The first novel is Our Lady of the Nile; the second novel is Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga.)
[10h] Mukasonga’s novels are available in English from this not-for-profit, founded in 2003 to publish literature in translation. This company includes the children’s imprint Elsewhere Editions and publishes paperbacks with uniquely square-shaped covers.
ANSWER: Archipelago Books
[10e] Archipelago Books published the first American editions of this six-volume series of autofiction by Karl Ove Knausgård, which provocatively shares its title with a racist tract.
ANSWER: My Struggle [or Min Kamp; accept Mein Kampf]
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