&sq=&lang=&file=File:LesRacinesDuCiel.jpg) 1956 French edition | |
| Author | Romain Gary |
|---|---|
| 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]
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