Omar-Jo vient d’un pays en guerre, ses parents ont été tués lors d’une explosion. Il a été recueilli en France par des cousins. Tout près de leur domicile, à Paris, Maxime, le forain, a installé son manège ; mais ce dernier n’est plus vraiment fréquenté.
Andrée Chedid was a French poet and novelist of Christian Lebanese descent.When she was ten, she was sent to a boarding school, where she learned English and French. At fourteen, she left for Europe. She then returned to Cairo to go to an American university. Her dream was to become a dancer.