By Romain Gary (Emile Ajar) (Author)
The narrator is an Arab boy who grew up in the house of a former prostitute who earns a living by taking care of the children of female friends; And the story paints the impressive image of this woman - a Jew, who was born in Poland, came to France and lived through the horrors of the Holocaust - and the colorful nature of the Belleville district in Paris, which is mostly populated by Arab, Jewish and black immigrants.
A unique book, sad and funny and fascinating, which won the Goncourt Prize for 1975 and evoked a strong resonance upon its appearance
