The Blue Flower - by Penelope Fitzgerald (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In eighteenth-century Germany, the impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis seeks his father's permission to wed his true philosophy -- a plain, simple child named Sophie. The attachment shocks his family and friends. This brilliant young man, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard! How can it be? A literary sensation and a bestseller in England and the United States, The Blue Flower was one of eleven books- and the only paperback- chosen as an Editor's Choice by the New York Times Book Review. The 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner in Fiction.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>"An astonishing book . . . Fitzgerald's greatest triumph." --<i>New York Times Book Review</i> <p/><i>The Blue Flower</i> is set in the age of Goethe, in the small towns and great universities of late eighteenth-century Germany. It tells the true story of Friedrich von Hardenberg, a passionate, impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis. Fritz seeks his father's permission to wed his "heart's heart," his "spirit's guide"--a plain, simple child named Sophie von Kühn. It is an attachment that shocks his family and friends. Their brilliant young Fritz, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard? How can this be? <p/>The irrationality of love, the transfiguration of the commonplace, the clarity of purpose that comes with knowing one's own fate--these are the themes of this beguiling novel, themes treated with a mix of wit, grace, and mischievous humor unique to the art of Penelope Fitzgerald. <p/>"An extraordinary imagining . . . an original masterpiece." --Hermione Lee, <i> Financial Times</i><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>An astonishing book . . . Fitzgerald s greatest triumph. <i>New York Times Book Review</i> <br><i>The Blue Flower</i> is set in the age of Goethe, in the small towns and great universities of late eighteenth-century Germany. It tells the true story of Friedrich von Hardenberg, a passionate, impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis. Fritz seeks his father s permission to wed his heart's heart, his spirit's guide a plain, simple child named Sophie von Kuhn. It is an attachment that shocks his family and friends. Their brilliant young Fritz, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard? How can this be? <br>The irrationality of love, the transfiguration of the commonplace, the clarity of purpose that comes with knowing one s own fate these are the themes of this beguiling novel, themes treated with a mix of wit, grace, and mischievous humor unique to the art of Penelope Fitzgerald. <br> An extraordinary imagining . . . an original masterpiece. Hermione Lee, <i> Financial Times</i> <br>PENELOPE FITZGERALD (1916 2000) was one of the most elegant and distinctive voices in British fiction. She won the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction for The Blue Flower, the Booker Prize for Offshore, and three of her novels The Bookshop, The Gate of Angels, and The Beginning of Spring were short-listed for the Booker Prize. <br>"<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>PENELOPE FITZGERALD (1916-2000) was one of the most elegant and distinctive voices in British fiction. She won the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction for <i>The Blue Flower, </i> the Booker Prize for <i>Offshore, </i> and three of her novels -- <i>The Bookshop, </i><i>The Gate of Angels, </i> and <i>The Beginning of Spring</i> -- were short-listed for the Booker Prize.
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