by Andrée Chedid · FRANCE LOISIRS / FLAMMARION · tapa dura · ISBN 9782724249767
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«L'Enfant multiple» is the novel by Andrée Chedid, published by France Loisirs/Flammarion in hardback (242 pages, in French).
Omar-Jo, a twelve-year-old boy living in Beirut in 1987, son of an Egyptian Muslim father and a Lebanese Christian mother, loses his parents and an arm in an explosion. Moved to Paris, he meets fairground worker Maxime and helps him save his carousel: he sings and dances as his grandfather did, choosing to live.
The work was originally published in 1989; this 1990 French edition, in hardback, consists of 242 pages.
A work of literary fiction for readers interested in French narrative and in stories about identity and personal overcoming.
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.
