The Sky above the roof / Nathacha Appanah ; translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan.

By:

Appanah, Nathacha [author.]

Contributor(s):

Strachan, Geoffrey [translator. ]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: vi, 134 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9781529408577

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

843.92 APP

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Buru Buru Library	Fiction	843.92 APP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		B232404

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.

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The Sky above the roof / Nathacha Appanah ; translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan.