The Book of Proper Names
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| Author | Amélie Nothomb |
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| Original title | Robert des noms propres |
| Translator | Shaun Whiteside |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Novel |
Publication date | 2002 |
| Publication place | Belgium |
| Pages | 170 |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| Preceded by | The Enemy's Cosmetique |
| Followed by | Antichrista |
The Book of Proper Names[1] (French: Robert des noms propres) is a Belgian novel by Amélie Nothomb.[2][3][4] It was first published in 2002. It is a romanticized account of the life of the singer RoBERT,[5][6] whom Nothomb became acquainted with as an avid admirer of her songs.[7]
Plot
[edit | edit source]In a vaguely surreal story, an extraordinary little girl is born from strange circumstances - her mother murdered her father, gave birth in prison, and then hanged herself. Plectrude, as the girl is unfortunately named by her mother, is adopted by her aunt and lives a fairy-like existence until she enrolls into the Paris Opera Ballet School, a rigorous institution portrayed as a "scalpel to slice away the last flesh of childhood."[8][9][10]
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External links
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