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020 _a9781529408577
040 _aKenya National Library Service
082 _a843.92 APP
100 _aAppanah, Nathacha,
_eauthor.
245 _aThe Sky above the roof /
_cNathacha Appanah ; translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan.
300 _avi, 134 pages ;
_c20 cm.
500 _aTranslated from the French.
520 _a 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.
650 _aTraffic accidents
_v Fiction.
650 _a Psychic trauma
_v Fiction.
650 _aFamilies
_v Fiction.
700 _aStrachan, Geoffrey,
_etranslator.
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