by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
Jakub has been told that his father is away in Africa. His mother, who has remarried, simply didn't want to tell the truth: that her ex-husband was doing time as a convict. The Africa story inflames Jakub's imagination and isolates him somewhat from his schoolmates.
characteristics
- Lock-up
- Prison
- Jail
- Family
- Disillusion
- Estrangement
