Robert Des Noms Propres

from GingerbreadMan

Has all the qualities that make me love Nothomb's writing: a storytelling that is deceptively simple, clear and exact. A story that is light in it's tone, but with sharp teeth hiding behind a casual smile. And a twist at the end that has the same sort of quality as a punchline in a joke (without ...

from GingerbreadMan

Has all the qualities that make me love Nothomb's writing: a storytelling that is deceptively simple, clear and exact. A story that is light in it's tone, but with sharp teeth hiding behind a casual smile. And a twist at the end that has the same sort of quality as a punchline in a joke (without ...

from bookinmind

Nothomb has a surprise for the reader and for the book's character "Amelie Nothomb" at the end of this fairy tale.

from SadieBabie

It was a fairly strange little book, but I really enjoyed it a lot. I like the author's writing style, although as its a translation maybe I should be wary about being completely certain in case things have been added or lost in the process. The story itself rolled along well, it was almost dream...

from debnance

Plectrude, the main character of this book, knows nothing about her past. She is unaware of the fact that her mother killed her father and then killed herself. She knows nothing about her mother's dreams that she "not be limited at all." There is something special about Plectrude, nevertheless, a...