“I had a mother who believed in me—that was enough to make a man of me.” Early Years and Childhood The book opens with Romain Gary’s childhood in […]
French literature
The Roots of Heaven
“There are no men who are not, in some way, responsible for the fate of other men.” Part One The novel opens in French Equatorial Africa, where Morel, […]
French literature
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“Madame Rosa was the only person who ever loved me for nothing.” The novel is narrated by Momo, a young Arab boy living in the Belleville neighborhood of […]