Now back in print, this heartbreaking novel by Romain Gary has inspired two movies, including the Netflix feature The Life Ahead
Momo has been one of the ever-changing ragbag of whores’ children at Madame Rosa’s boarding house in Paris ever since he can remember. But when the check that pays for his keep no longer arrives and as Madame Rosa becomes too ill to climb the stairs to their apartment, he determines to support her any way he can. This sensitive, slightly macabre love story between Momo and Madame Rosa has a supporting cast of transvestites, pimps, and witch doctors from Paris’s immigrant slum, Belleville. Profoundly moving,The Life Before Us won France’s premier literary prize, the Prix Goncourt.
Circa l’autore
James Laughlin (1914–1997) founded New Directions in 1936 while still a student at Harvard. He wrote and compiled more than a dozen books of poetry as well as stories and essays; seven volumes of his correspondence with his authors are available from W.W. Norton.
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 208 ● ISBN 9780811232425 ● Dimensione 0.7 MB ● Traduttore Ralph Manheim ● Casa editrice New Directions ● Paese US ● Pubblicato 2022 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 8696227 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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