With her idealistic view of the African savanna crushed, Patricia finally gives in to everyone's demands and leaves with the narrator to attend a boarding school in Nairobi. Patricia's father shoots King in order to protect Ouriounga from certain death. Ouriounga, a teenage Maasai, who wishes to marry Patricia, decides to prove his worth by killing a lion to gain her respect, as is custom in his tribe. The plot of the story revolves around the friendship between Patricia and a lion called King, whom Patricia raised since he was a cub. The story is narrated through a French man on a visit to Kenya. She is popular with both animals and people. Patricia has a rare gift to communicate with animals, and thinks she can control everything.
Lhistoire se droule au Kenya et les personnages principaux.
The novel was translated into English by Peter Green and was made into a film starring William Holden in 1962. Le livre Le Lion a t crit par Joseph Kessel et fut publi en 1958 aux ditions Gallimard. The Lion ( French: Le Lion) is a 1958 novel by French author Joseph Kessel about a girl and her lion.
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