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    The Kites by Romain Gary (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Kites by Romain Gary (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Kites by Romain Gary (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    Unlock the more straightforward side of The Kites with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!

    This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Kites by Romain Gary, which tells the story of a young French boy, Ludo, and his all-consuming love for the beautiful Polish aristocrat Lila. Ludo lives in Normandy with his uncle Ambrose, an eccentric kite-maker with a prodigious memory, but their peaceful life is shattered when the Nazis defeat and occupy France in 1940. In the years that follow, Ludo lives in constant danger as he works as a messenger for the Resistance, all the while yearning for Lila and keeping her alive in his imagination. The Kites is the last novel by Romain Gary, a prolific novelist, film director, diplomat and aviator, and the only author to be awarded the prestigious Prix Goncourt on two separate occasions.

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    • Questions for further reflection

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateMay 31, 2018
    ISBN9782808008983
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      The Kites by Romain Gary (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      FRENCH NOVELIST

      Born in Vilnius (Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire) in 1914.

      Died in Paris in 1980.

      Notable works:

      The Roots of Heaven (1956), novel

      Promise at Dawn (1960), novel

      The Life Before Us (1975), novel

      Romain Gary (born Roman Kacew, and also known by the pseudonym Émile Ajar) was a French Jewish novelist. He was born in Lithuania in 1914 and moved to France at the age of 14. After graduating from university with a degree in law, he fought as part of the Free French Forces until the end of the Second World War (1939-1945), and was decorated with honours including the Companion of the Liberation and the Legion of Honour. After the war, he focused on writing novels, and also pursued a diplomatic career until 1960.

      Gary is the author of numerous novels, and remains the only French writer to have received the Prix Goncourt on two separate occasions: once in 1956 for his novel The Roots of Heaven, published under the name Romain Gary, and once in 1975 for The Life Before Us, published under the pseudonym Émile Ajar. He committed suicide in 1980 at the age of 66, leaving behind a vast body of work which was heavily influenced by 20th-century French history and which explores a variety of themes, including courage, rebellion, love and femininity.

      LOVE IN TIMES OF WAR

      Genre: novel

      Reference edition: Gary, R. (2017) The Kites. Trans. Richmond Mouillot, M. Cambridge, Massachusetts: New Direction Publishing.

      1st edition: 1980

      Themes: Second World War, love, Resistance, hope, memory

      The Kites was published posthumously in 1980, and is considered to be Romain Gary’s last novel.

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