The Book of Proper Names
AuthorAmélie Nothomb
Original titleRobert des noms propres
TranslatorShaun Whiteside
CountryBelgium
LanguageFrench
GenreNovel
Publication date
2002
Pages170
ISBN2-226-13389-5
Preceded byThe Enemy's Cosmetique 
Followed byAntichrista 

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 (28 May 2004). "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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