Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran

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Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran is a French novella by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt that tells the story of a young Jewish boy’s transformative friendship with a wise Muslim shopkeeper in 1960s Paris.

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Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novella
adaptationCountry France NERFINISHED
adaptationLanguage French
adaptationReleaseDecade 2000s
adaptationType feature film
adaptedAs Monsieur Ibrahim (film) NERFINISHED
author Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt NERFINISHED
centralTheme coming of age
family relationships
friendship
identity
interfaith understanding
tolerance
wisdom
countryOfOrigin France
depictsCommunity Jewish community in Paris
Muslim community in Paris
exploresTopic cultural difference
loneliness
mentorship
poverty
religion
spirituality
genre coming-of-age story
fiction
philosophical fiction
hasCharacter Momo NERFINISHED
Monsieur Ibrahim NERFINISHED
hasMedium print
hasMoralFocus acceptance of others
compassion
intendedAudience adult readers
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement contemporary French literature
mainCharacter Momo NERFINISHED
Monsieur Ibrahim NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first-person narration
narrator Momo NERFINISHED
originalLanguage French
originalTitleLanguage French
protagonistReligion Judaism NERFINISHED
settingCountry France NERFINISHED
settingPeriod 1960s
settingPlace Paris NERFINISHED
titleCharacterReligion Islam NERFINISHED

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