The Wind Rises
By Timothée de Fombelle
Europa Editions – August 2022
Genre: Historical Fiction/Children’s African History Fiction/Children’s Africa Books/Action & Adventure
Via: Library
Pages: 410
“The things that really matter are those that only one or two people know.”
Once up on a time there was a valley. Lines of elephants dotted its distance. Wind rippled its grasses. Singing insects and swaying giraffes crowded its plains. Hidden by treacherous cliffs, the valley saw the birth of three children: A girl, Alma, and her two brothers, Lam and Soum. There was also a zebra with no stripes. And a little boy who runs away.
“The only reason everyone else in this game are winners is because they’ve lost everything. Everything down to their names and the names of their villages that no longer exist. They’ve lost their children. They have nothing left. And yet they pay for everything.”
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