The Life Before Us

Romain Gary's novel is told in the voice of Momo, a young Arab boy growing up in a poor immigrant quarter of Paris. He lives with Madame Rosa, an ageing Jewish woman who takes in children with nowhere else to go. As her health fails, the boy's sharp, funny and tender way of seeing the world turns a hard life into a story about love between two people who have only each other. The text is in Persian (Farsi/Dari).

Author: Romain Gary

Translator: لیلی گلستان

Persian title: زندگی در پیش رو

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