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The Book of Proper Names
The Book of Proper Names
Author: Amelie 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. The m...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312320553
ISBN-10: 0312320558
Publication Date: 8/1/2004
Pages: 144
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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