Книга: Gary Romain «The Kites»

The Kites

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A quiet village in Normandy, 1932. Ludo is ten years old and lives with his uncle, a kindly, eccentric creator of elaborate kites. One day, sitting in a strawberry field, Ludo meets the beautiful young Polish aristocrat Lila. And so begins Ludo's lifelong adventure of love and longing for Lila, who only begins to return his feelings just as Europe descends into the devastation of World War 2. After Poland and France fall, Lila and Ludo are separated. Ludo's friends in the village must find their own ways of resisting: the local restaurateur who is dedicated above all to France's haute cuisine, a Jewish brothel madam who sleeps with her unwitting enemies and Ludo, who cycles past the Nazis every day, passing on messages for the French Resistance - thinking always of Lila.

Издательство: "Penguin Group" (2018)

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Gary, Romain

▪ French author
original name  Romain Kacew , pseudonyms  Émile Ajar ,  Shatan Bogat ,  Lucien Brûlard ,  René Deville , and  Fosco Sinibaldi 
born May 8, 1914, Vilnius, Lith., Russian Empire
died Dec. 2, 1980, Paris, France

      Lithuanian-born French novelist whose first work, L'Éducation européenne (1945; Forest of Anger), won him immediate acclaim. Humanistic and optimistic despite its graphic depictions of the horrors of World War II, the novel was later revised and reissued in English as Nothing Important Ever Dies (1960).

      Gary's novels mix humour with tragedy and faith with cynicism. Les Couleurs du jour (1952; The Colors of the Day), set in Nice at Carnival, and La Danse de Gengis Cohn (1967; The Dance of Genghis Cohn), in which the ghost of a Jewish stand-up comedian takes possession of his Nazi executioner, are comic novels nonetheless informed by serious moral considerations. Les Racines du ciel (1956; The Roots of Heaven), winner of the Prix Goncourt, balances a visionary conception of freedom and justice against a pessimistic comprehension of man's cruelty and greed. Other works by Gary include Le Grand Vestiare (1948; The Company of Men), a novel set in postwar Paris; Lady L (French and English versions, 1959), a social satire; La Promesse de l'aube (1960; Promise at Dawn), an autobiography; Clair de femme (1977; “The Light of a Woman”); and Les Cerf-volants (1980; “The Kites”). Published under the name Émile Ajar, Gary's novel La Vie devant soi (1975; The Life Before Us, or Momo) also won the Prix Goncourt—a violation of the rules of the prize, which allow an author to receive it only once.

      During World War II Gary joined Gen. Charles de Gaulle (Gaulle, Charles de) in London. Already trained as an aviator, Gary served with the Free French Forces in Europe and North Africa, earning the Croix de Guerre and Compagnon de la Libération. For 20 years following the war, he served in French diplomatic service. From 1956 to 1960 he was French consul general in Los Angeles.

Additional Reading
Ralph Schoolcraft, Romain Gary: The Man Who Sold His Shadow (2002), is a critical biography.

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