The Sky above the roof /
Appanah, Nathacha,
The Sky above the roof / Nathacha Appanah ; translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan. - vi, 134 pages ; 20 cm.
Translated from the French.
Seventeen-year-old Wolf steals his mother’s car and drives six hundred kilometers in search of his estranged sister, causing a serious road accident that leads to his arrest and imprisonment. The narrative unfolds through multiple perspectives, including those of Wolf’s mother and sister, revealing the long-lasting effects of trauma and fractured family relationships. The novel explores how emotional wounds are passed across generations and the struggle toward recovery and understanding within a broken family.
9781529408577
Traffic accidents-- Fiction.
Psychic trauma-- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
843.92 APP
The Sky above the roof / Nathacha Appanah ; translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan. - vi, 134 pages ; 20 cm.
Translated from the French.
Seventeen-year-old Wolf steals his mother’s car and drives six hundred kilometers in search of his estranged sister, causing a serious road accident that leads to his arrest and imprisonment. The narrative unfolds through multiple perspectives, including those of Wolf’s mother and sister, revealing the long-lasting effects of trauma and fractured family relationships. The novel explores how emotional wounds are passed across generations and the struggle toward recovery and understanding within a broken family.
9781529408577
Traffic accidents-- Fiction.
Psychic trauma-- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
843.92 APP