Carrot Top

By Jules Renard

Book Overview

Fran ois Lepic, surnomm Poil de carotte cause de ses cheveux roux et ses taches de rousseur, grandit entre une m re qui le hait et un p re indiff rent. Il est galement victime des humiliations de son... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883730243
• ISBN13: 9780883730249
• Release Date: December 1975
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Quintessentially French

Poil de Carotte is very well written, though most Americans may not understand the thoughts of Renard!

A strange family story

The book told the story of a poor boy in early 20th century France who had a terrible family life. His mother was a distant character and the boys father was complex and distracted by his politics. The story shocked me due to the raw nature of his family and the depression that a boy at his age could endure. It was definately and inspired reading for those intrested in French culture.