The kites / Romain Gary ; translated from the French and with an afterword by Miranda Richmond Mouillot.
A small farm in Normandy, as Hitler rises to power in Germany. Ludo lives with his uncle, kite maker Ambrose Fleury, in the small town of Clery in the French countryside. Everyone in the Fleury family has an impressive "historical memory" that earns Ludo the ire of his teachers and argumen...
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Other title: | Cerfs-volants. English |
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