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The kites
Gary, Romain2018
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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.
Main title:
The kites / Romain Gary.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2018.
Collation:
384 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780241345610 (pbk)
Dewey class:
FICTION
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
2621040
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