Winner of several prestigious awards in France and already an international sensation, Little Country tells the story of lost childhoods and shattered homelands through the eyes of a young child.

Gaël Faye's talent is breathtaking; no country should be called 'small' if it can give the world a writer like him.
-Imbolo Mbue

"The genocide was like an oil spill, and those who came out of it without drowning were tarred for life."

Burundi, 1992. Ten-year-old Gabriel enjoys a happy childhood with his French father, Rwandan mother and sister Ana in a peaceful neighborhood of mostly foreigners in Bujumbura. But his life, which consists of friends with whom he "dives" into the mango trees, neighbors of seventy-two nationalities who live in the cul-de-sac where their house is located, and the slow school days, is not immune to the devastating effects of politics, ethnic divisions and violence that he has yet to comprehend.

The novel, which can also be read as the story of the loss of innocence of a child who cannot escape the vortex of history, focuses on the genocide in Rwanda and Burundi, a small country in Central Africa, and tells in a striking language that such great tragedies can rob innocent people not only of their loved ones but also of their past and memories.