Overview

Momo has been one of the ever-changing ragbag of whores' children at Madame Rosa's boardinghouse 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 earned France's premier literary prize, the Prix Goncourt.
ISBN-13

9780811209618

ISBN-10

081120961X

Weight

0.45 Pounds

Dimensions

5.30 x 0.60 x 8.00 In

List Price

$13.95

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

192 pages

Publisher

New Directions

Published On

1986-02-17


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