The multiple child
1st ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Radke, Judith. - Contributor
Publication
1995 - Mercury House, San Francisco, Calif, California
Language
English
Word Count
44,250 words, Guess
Page Count
177 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1279270M
- ISBN-10156279079X
- OCLC Control Number32819414
- OCLC Control Numbermultiplechild0000ched
- Library of Congress Control Number95011059
and 2 more
- LibraryThing1623115
- Goodreads1738900
Classifications
- DDC843/.914
- LCCPQ2605.H4245 E5413 1995
Description
Set in Paris and war-torn Lebanon in the 1980s, The Multiple Child is 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.
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