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'''''The Roots of Heaven''''' ({{ |
'''''The Roots of Heaven''''' ({{langx|fr|Les Racines du ciel}}) is a 1956 novel by the Lithuanian-born French writer and [[World War II]] aviator, [[Romain Gary]] (born Roman Kacew). It received the [[Prix Goncourt]] for fiction. It was translated into English in 1957.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.academie-goncourt.fr/?article=1229180690|title=Le Palmarès|language=French|work=academie-goncourt.fr|publisher=[[Académie Goncourt]]|accessdate=2011-12-16}}</ref> |
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==Synopsis== |
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The book takes place in [[French Equatorial Africa]]. Morel, a crusading environmentalist, labors to preserve elephants from extinction. He is assisted in the task by Minna, a nightclub hostess, and Forsythe, a disgraced British military officer in search of redemption. The story is a metaphor for the quest for salvation for all humanity. |
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==Adaptation== |
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[[John Huston]] directed and [[Darryl Zanuck]] produced a 1958 Hollywood film with [[The Roots of Heaven (film)|the same title]] based on the novel. It was actually shot in the malaria-infested [[Belgian Congo]] and starred [[Trevor Howard]] as Morel, [[Errol Flynn]] as Forsythe, and [[Juliette Gréco]] as Minna, with a cameo by [[Orson Welles]] that was filmed in a Parisian studio. |
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[[John Huston]] directed and [[Darryl Zanuck]] produced a 1958 Hollywood film [[The Roots of Heaven (film)|of the same title]]. |
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Latest revision as of 09:51, 2 November 2024
 1956 French edition | |
| Author | Romain Gary |
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| Original title | Les Racines du ciel |
| Translator | Jonathan Griffin |
| Language | French |
| Set in | French Equatorial Africa, 1955 |
| Publisher | Éditions Gallimard |
Publication date | 5 October 1956 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1958 |
| Pages | 510 |
| 843.9 | |
The Roots of Heaven (French: Les Racines du ciel) is a 1956 novel by the Lithuanian-born French writer and World War II aviator, Romain Gary (born Roman Kacew). It received the Prix Goncourt for fiction. It was translated into English in 1957.[1]
Synopsis
[edit]The book takes place in French Equatorial Africa. Morel, a crusading environmentalist, labors to preserve elephants from extinction. He is assisted in the task by Minna, a nightclub hostess, and Forsythe, a disgraced British military officer in search of redemption. The story is a metaphor for the quest for salvation for all humanity.
Adaptation
[edit]John Huston directed and Darryl Zanuck produced a 1958 Hollywood film of the same title.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Le Palmarès". academie-goncourt.fr (in French). Académie Goncourt. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
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