The Book of Proper Names

The Book of Proper Names
Author Amélie Nothomb
Original title Robert des noms propres
Translator Shaun Whiteside
Country Belgium
Language French
Genre Novel
Publication date
 2002
Pages 170
ISBN 2-226-13389-5
Preceded by The Enemy's Cosmetique
Followed by Antichrista

The Book of Proper Names[1][2] (French: Robert des noms propres) is a Belgian novel by Amélie Nothomb.[3][4][5][6][7] It was first published in 2002. It is a romanticized account of the life of the singer RoBERT,[8][9] whom Nothomb became acquainted with as an avid admirer of her songs.[10]

Plot

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."[11][12][13]

References

  1. ↑ Nothomb, Amelie (2015-07-21). The Book of Proper Names: A Novel. St. Martin's Press.
  2. ↑ "The Book of Proper Names". Goodreads. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  3. ↑ "Amélie Nothomb". Goodreads. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  4. ↑ "Amazon.com: Amélie Nothomb: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  5. ↑ "A writer's life: Amélie Nothomb". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  6. ↑ "Amélie Nothomb | BÉNIS SOIENT CEUX QUI INSPIRENT L'AMOUR.". www.amelie-nothomb.com. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  7. ↑ "Amélie Nothomb | The Institute of Modern Languages Research". modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  8. ↑ "RoBERT - Nouvel album le 24 mars avec Plastic Art Noise". robertlesite.net. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  9. ↑ "Myriam Roulet / France Inter". France Inter. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  10. ↑ ""Chanteuse RoBERT parle du roman d'Amélie Nothomb"", youtube, retrieved 2015-12-10
  11. ↑ Figes, Kate. "Review: The Book of Proper Names by Amélie Nothomb". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  12. ↑ Telegraph.co.uk, Jasper Rees, "Murdered by her heroine", 15 May 2004
  13. ↑ The Scotsman, "A twisted ballerina's dance macabre" 09, May 2004


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