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Ludo is ten years old and lives with his uncle, a kindly, eccentric creator of elaborate kites. One day, sitting in a strawberry field, Ludo meets the beautiful young Polish aristocrat Lila. And so begins Ludo's lifelong adventure of love and longing for Lila, who only begins to return his feelings just as Europe descends into the devastation of World War 2. After Poland and France fall, Lila and Ludo are separated. 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Wychowuje go pani Roza, stara zydówka cudem uratowana z Auschwitz. Jest brzydka, lysa i schorowana, dawniej radzila sobie jako uliczna prostytutka, obecnie prowadzi nielegalna ochronke dla dzieci. Na pocieszenie trzyma pod lózkiem portret pana Hitlera. Pewnego dnia Momo zamierza pojechac do cudnej Nicei, która zna tylko z opowiesci, i napisac ,,Nedzników\" jak pan Wiktor Hugo, wszak po to wlasnie ma cale zycie przed soba. Tymczasem jednak musi zajac sie schorowana pania Roza, a z nia jest coraz gorzej... Powiesc Romaina Gary'ego, opublikowana pierwotnie pod pseudonimem Emile Ajar, to hymn na czesc milosci i czlowieczenstwa. Od samego poczatku okrzyknieto ja arcydzielem, a autorowi przyznano prestizowa nagrode Concourtów. Zostala przetlumaczona na kilkadziesiat jezyków i sprzedana w wielu milionach egzemplarzy. 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