The Life Before Us (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780811232418)

Momo has been one of the ever-changing ragbag of whores' children at Madame Rosa's boarding house in Paris ever since he can remember. But when the check that pays for his keep no longer arrives and as Madame Rosa becomes too ill to climb the stairs to their apartment, he determines to support her any way he can. This sensitive, slightly macabre love story between Momo and Madame Rosa has a supporting cast of transvestites, pimps, and witch doctors from Paris's immigrant slum, Belleville. Profoundly moving, The Life Before Us won France's premier literary prize, the Prix Goncourt.

Author: Romain Gary
ISBN-10: 0811232417
ISBN-13: 9780811232418
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2022
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/26/2022
Library Journal 02/01/2023 pg. 71