by Romain Gary · Gallimard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070373628
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«La Vie Devant Soi» is the novel by Romain Gary (Émile Ajar), published by Gallimard in paperback format (273 pages, in French).
The novel tells the relationship between Momo, an Arab boy raised in Paris, and Madame Rosa, an elderly Jewish woman and former prostitute who takes in the children of prostitutes. When Madame Rosa's health begins to fail, Momo tries to care for her and protect her dignity, in a story about love, loneliness and marginalization in the Belleville neighborhood.
Romain Gary published the novel in 1975 under the pseudonym Émile Ajar, the year he won the Prix Goncourt. It is volume 1362 of the Folio collection.
Recommended for readers of contemporary French fiction interested in stories about childhood, dignity and social marginalization.
Romain Gary, also known by the pen name Émile Ajar, was a Lithuanian-born French novelist, diplomat, film director, and military aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice. He is considered a major writer of French literature of the second half of the 20th century.
