Stanford Libraries' official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and www.doorway.rug: Amélie Nothomb. · The Book of Proper Names is set in contemporary Paris, its main character an orphan named Plectrude. Before the child's birth her nineteen-year-old mother shoots and kills her nineteen-year-old (and somewhat feckless) father because she hates the names he's devised for their child--she fears they will doom their unborn child to mediocrity/5(9). 8 rows · The Book of Proper Names PDF book by Amelie Nothomb Read Online or Free Download in Author: Amelie Nothomb.
The Book of Proper Names by Amélie Nothomb pp, Faber, £ All children are special; the trouble starts when parents think that their own children are so unique, beautiful and talented that. Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb (French pronunciation: [fabjɛn klɛʁ nɔtɔ̃b]), better known by her pen name Amélie Nothomb (French: [ameli nɔtɔ̃b]), is a Belgian Francophone novelist. Part of her childhood was spent in Asia. A prolific author, since the publication of her first novel Hygiene and the Assassin in , at the age of twenty-six, she has published a book a year. The Book of Proper Names. by. Amélie Nothomb, Shaun Whiteside (Translator) · Rating details · 3, ratings · reviews. "To have an extraordinary life, Lucette believes, one must have an extraordinary name. Horrified by the pedestrian names her husband chooses for their unborn child (Tanguy if it's a boy, Joelle if it's a girl.
Amelie Nothomb. St. Martin's Press, - Fiction - pages. 6 Reviews. The Book of Proper Names is set in contemporary Paris, its main character an orphan named Plectrude. Before the. The Book of Proper Names Very interesting. We have a nineteen year old getting ready to have a child. She is peculiar to say the least. Her husband gets on her nerves and so she shoots him. She goes to prison for his murder. Has the baby girl, names her a very peculiar name and then hangs herself. So the baby girl goes to live with an aunt and uncle. The Book of Proper Names PDF book by Amelie Nothomb Read Online or Free Download in.
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