by Andrée Chedid · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782290315569
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«L'Enfant multiple» is the novel by Andrée Chedid, published by J'ai lu in paperback (162 pages, in French).
Omar-Jo, son of an Egyptian Muslim and a Lebanese Christian, lives happily in Beirut until an explosion in 1987 leaves him orphaned and without an arm. On arriving in Paris, he meets Maxime, the melancholy owner of an ageing carousel. With his imagination, the boy restores magic to the wooden horses and infects Maxime with the strength to dream again.
Originally published in 1989, this edition is number 107 in the Librio collection, with complete text.
For readers of French fiction seeking a story of childhood, grief and hope in a wartime context.
Andrée Chedid, born Andrée Saab Khoury, was an Egyptian-French poet and novelist of Lebanese and Syrian descent. She is the recipient of numerous literary awards and was made a Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honour in 2009.
