num_pages: 289
description: Beginning in 1919 with a young boy and his mother searching for the grave of his soldier father, and continuing through the coming of World War II, this novel examines the brutality and destructive impact of war
language: English
title: The Acacia
titlecomplete: The Acacia
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, France, Fiction, French Literature, Contemporary, Madagascar
ratings_count: 167
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Pantheon