978-9933-641-97-9 Summer harvest seasons, the colors of rivers, fish and stones, the warmth of celebrations in a small village, a wheat field facing the ocean, and the gentle touch of a small octopus on a bare foot... images that Le Clezio conjures from his early childhood in the region. Brutani, breathing life into it, with a captivating narration, before moving on to tell about his first encounter with war, hunger, and anxiety in the city of Nice.
In this book, the French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Leclezio goes beyond recounting memories, to approach the war and its lasting impact on his childhood, trying to understand the mysterious void it leaves inside everyone who lived through it, and then deeply explains the cultural and historical nature of the “less fortunate” cities in France, It entangles you in love with cities you have never visited
My mother's lambs: I also loved those stories that my mother used to tell me. I loved to tell them to you and pass them on so that you can tell them to your children. These stories of my mother are in the local dialect and I conveyed them to you on her tongue as I heard them, so that they are closer to your hearts and to increase your loyalty and love for the Emirati dialect and to instill in your souls the stories of our ancestors, as they are a different type of heritage stories known as (the sheep).