Omar-Jo is sent to Paris to live with relatives after his parents are killed in a car bombing in Lebanon, and he makes a new life for himself with a collection of misfits.
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Omar-Jo is sent to Paris to live with relatives after his parents are killed in a car bombing in Lebanon, and he makes a new life for himself with a collection of misfits.
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Good. No Jacket as Issued. BC2-A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus there is the usual library label on the dedication page. This is a trade paperback book that has been library rebound into a hard cover format. Translated from the French by Judith Radke. A novel set in Paris and war-torn Lebanon in the 1980s. The main character is a child of war and peace who has the power and vision of Oskar of "The Tin Drum" and the gentle wisdom of "The Little Prince." He is sent to live with relatives in Paris where he breathes new life into a carousel that has fallen into disrepair. The author is a winner of the Prix Paul Morand, Morocco's Prix Hassan II, the Prix Louise Labé, the Aigle d'Or de la Poésie, the Grand Prix des lettres of the Académie Royale de Belguique, the Prix de l'Académie Mallarmé, and the Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle. By the author of "From Sleep Unbound, " "The Sixth Day, " "The Prose and Poetry of Andrée Chedid, " and "The Return to Beirut." 177p.
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San Francisco. 1995. Mercury House. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 156279079x. Translated from the French by Judith Radke. 178 pages. paperback. Cover illustration by Marcia Clay. keywords: Literature Lebanon Arbaic Middle East Egypt Women Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Set in Paris and war-torn Lebanon in the 1980s, THE MULTIPLE CHILDis a timeless tale in a spare yet elegant style by a powerful writer admired worldwide. The title character, Omar-Jo, a child of war and of peace, has the power and vision of Oskar of The Tin Drum and the gentle wisdom of The Little Prince. After Omar-Jo loses his parents and one of his arms in a bomb blast in Lebanon, his grandfather sends the boy to live with relatives in Paris. There he meets Maxime, the owner of a carousel that has fallen into disrepair. The child breathes new life into the carousel-a character in its own right-as well as into its owner and patrons. Omar-Jo plays the part of the wise clown: ‘all the zanies, all the fools, all the ‘grasiosos, ' all the minstrels, the itinerant players, the white-faced clowns, the Monsieur Loyals, the Augustes, of times past and present, dwelt in his body. ' In this novel, Chedid illuminates the essence of conflict and redemption. inventory #32561.
