 The book of proper names.
Author: Nothomb, Amelie Published: 2004 Plectrude, a hapless orphan girl is raised by her aunt, and unaware of the dark secret behind her past. Discovered to have enormous gifts as a dancer, she is accepted at Paris's most prestigious ballet school, where she devotes herself to artistic perfection until her exhausted body can take no more. In a brilliantly succinct story of haunted adolescence and lost mothers, Nothomb propels the narrative forward until Plectrude is forced to take command of her own fate. |
