Vango: Between Sky and Earth by Timothée De Fombelle translated by Sarah Aroizzone

Scarlette Hashimoto
July 8th, 2016

Vango: Between Sky and Earth is a novel by Timothée De Fombelle and translated from French by Sarah Arroizzone. It is about how a young man named Vango, who, just minutes away from becoming a priest, gets accused of murder by the police. But they aren't the only people chasing him. While being trailed by many different groups of people, he travels to Paris, Scotland, and the Mediterranean Islands where he grew up. He encounters many people from his past while also trying to figure out who he is. There is a lot about the Nazis, Soviet Union and some events that led up to WW2. There are many interesting characters, whose stories all weave together and create many conflicts that aren't all fully resolved at the end of the book.

This book does an amazing job of telling different sides of a story and showing how one event can have so many people involved. I would recommend this book to people who like reading adventure novels or books about faraway places. This book also is historical fiction (takes place between world wars, 1934-35) so if you like learning about history you may also like this book.