Blissful: in Gary’s hands, fiction itself is a form of resistance.—The Guardian
Romain Gary (1914–1980) was born Roman Kacew in Vilnius to a family of Lithuanian Jews. He changed his name when he fled occupied France to fight the Nazis as an RAF pilot. Using several different pen names throughout his life, Gary was the only writer to have received the Prix Goncourt twice. Also a diplomat and a filmmaker, Gary was married to the American actress Jean Seberg. He died in Paris in 1980 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Translated from the French by Ralph Manheim
Translated from the French by Miranda Richmond Mouillot
Epic and energetic.—BBC
Blissful: in Gary’s hands fiction itself is a form of resistance.—The Guardian
Blissful: in Gary’s hands, fiction itself is a form of resistance.—The Guardian
[A] hugely enjoyable read.—The Guardian
Epic and empathetic.—BBC
What talent, most certainly, how many ideas and passions too. You seize us and shake us. Ah!—Charles de Gaulle
