The Book of Proper Names
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780571223442 (0571223443)
Publish date: May 5th 2005
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Gothic Nirvana! Each novella I read by Nothomb makes my skin go all bumpy. She oozes such beautiful, dark, twisted and elegant writing. This story follows the tragic story of Plectrude, an orphan taken in by her Aunt. The background of this girl is tragic and what happens throughout the story is dee...
Un Nothomb moyen. Beaucoup de jeux de forme et peu de matière en bout de ligne. La trame 'tragique' de l'héroine qui au bout du compte devient ce qu'elle était destinée à devenir. Nothomb se met en scene de nouveau mais comme un personnage accessoire, l'Auteur, avec une majuscule, qui devient l'obje...
Intriguing idea, but poorly executed. Read it until the end but I didn't get that feeling the story is done. And I didn't get the ending either. Read the last two pages twice but I was still as confused as ever. Still is now. It leaves me with a bad aftertaste, like giving me the feeling of not acc...
Man erfährt von den seltsamen Umständen noch vor der Geburt eines Mädchens, das dessen Mutter "Plectrude" nennt. Sie wächst bei Onkel und Tante auf, die ihr verschweigen, dass sie nicht ihre richtigen Eltern sind. Ihre Tante vergöttert sie und ein Lebenstraum scheint sich zu erfüllen, als Plectrude ...
Plectrude, the main character of this book, knows nothing about her past. She is unaware of the fact that her mother killed her father and then killed herself. She knows nothing about her mother’s dreams that she “not be limited at all.” There is something special about Plectrude, nevertheless, and ...
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