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The kites
- Title
- The kites / Romain Gary ; translated from the French and with an afterword by Miranda Richmond Mouillot.
- Author
- Gary, Romain
- Publication
- New York : New Directions, 2017.
- ©2017
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Richmond Mouillot, Miranda
- Description
- 311 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- This novel follows a young man's passion through the ravages of WWII. Ludo lives with his uncle, kite maker Ambrose Fleury, in the small town of Clery in the French countryside. Ludo, like everyone in the Fleury family, has an impressive "historical memory" that earns him the ire of his teachers and arguments with Lila, the mercurial, naive daughter of Polish aristocrats and the object of his affection, isn't as keen as Ludo to rehash the country's recent bloody history. his is a wonderful translation of a French classic."
- A small farm in Normandy, as Hitler rises to power in Germany. Ludo lives with his uncle, kite maker Ambrose Fleury, in the small town of Clery in the French countryside. Everyone in the Fleury family has an impressive "historical memory" that earns Ludo the ire of his teachers and arguments with Lila, the naive daughter of Polish aristocrats living next door. After Germany invades Poland, Lila and her family disappear. Ludo's journey to save her from the Nazis becomes a journey to save his loved ones, his country, and ultimately himself.
- Uniform Title
- Cerfs-volants. English
- Alternative Title
- Cerfs-volants.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Call Number
- JFD 17-6527
- ISBN
- 9780811226547
- 0811226549
- LCCN
- 2017014029
- OCLC
- 975139254
- Author
- Gary, Romain, author.
- Title
- The kites / Romain Gary ; translated from the French and with an afterword by Miranda Richmond Mouillot.
- Publisher
- New York : New Directions, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Richmond Mouillot, Miranda, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-6527