by Philippe Claudel, Euan Cameron
Original Title: La petite fille de Monsieur Linh This story is only about 130 pages long, this means a lot is left for the reader's imagination. Where does Monsieur Linh precisely come from? But the story is a very beautiful and subtle one, focussing on how unfitting someone can feel in a new envi...
Philippe Claudel's Monsieur Linh and his child is a wonderful, original and haunting study of an an elderly refugee from an unknown war torn country. His son and daughter-in-law have died in the war and he is left to care for their only child and his grand-daughter.This a short book with only 13...
a tiny gem...
a tiny gem...
The twist at the ending certainly elevates the book entirely. A very sad sad story.
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