The Blue Flower - Couverture souple

Fitzgerald, Penelope

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0395859972 ISBN 13 : 9780395859971

Editeur : Mariner Books, 1997

Synopsis

In eighteenth-century Germany, the impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis seeks his father's permission to wed his true philosophy -- a plain, simple child named Sophie. The attachment shocks his family and friends. This brilliant young man, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard! How can it be? A literary sensation and a bestseller in England and the United States, The Blue Flower was one of eleven books- and the only paperback- chosen as an Editor's Choice by the New York Times Book Review. The 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner in Fiction.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In eighteenth-century Germany, the impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis seeks his father's permission to wed his true philosophy -- a plain, simple child named Sophie. The attachment shocks his family and friends. This brilliant young man, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard! How can it be? A literary sensation and a bestseller in England and the United States, The Blue Flower was one of eleven books- and the only paperback- chosen as an Editor's Choice by the New York Times Book Review. The 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner in Fiction.

Revue de presse

National Book Critics Circle Award winner “An astonishing book . . . Fitzgerald’s greatest triumph.” — New York Times Book Review

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0395859972
• ISBN 13: 9780395859971
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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