- French fiction, Intercultural communication, Fiction, Male friendship
Traumatized by memories of his war-ravaged country, and with his son and daughter-in-law dead, Monsieur Linh travels to a foreign land to bring the child in his arms to safety. The other refugees in the detention centre are unsure how to help the old man; his case-workers are compassionate, but overworked.
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Earnest, grave, contemplative and contemporary.
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- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Philippe Claudel
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 130
- Publisher
- Maclehose Press
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781906694999
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