The Book About Blanche and Marie A Novel

by Enquist, Per Olov; Nunnally, Tiina

• ISBN13: 9781585676682
• ISBN10: 1585676683
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-23
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

"Hailed internationally for his unique ability to shape historical facts into tales of extraordinary depth and probing insight, Per Olov Enquist has long been regarded as one of the world's foremost authors of literary fiction. In The Book about Blanche and Marie, Enquist has once again found inspiration from the historical record, this time exploring the complex relationship between two of the twentieth century's most remarkable women: Blanche Wittman, the famous hysteria patient of Professor J.M. Charcot at Salpetriere Hospital outside Paris, and Marie Curie, the Polish physicist and Nobel Prize winner. While the scientist tries to understand the nature of radiation, Blanche, her assistant and, at the time of her death, a triple amputee as a result of exposure to radiation, fills three notebooks with her exploration of deceptively simple question: What is love? With rights sold in ten countries, The Book about Blanche and Marie is at once a haunting look at scientific martyrdom and an intimate and moving portrait of a friendship between two uniquely brave and talented women."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Per Olov Enquist is one of Sweden's most acclaimed writers - a novelist, playwright, and poet with works published in more than twenty-five countries.

Table of Contents

THE YELLOW BOOK
I. The Song of the Amputee	15	(28)
II. The Song of the Rabbit	43	(18)
III. The Song of the Flatbed Wagon	61	(24)
IV. The Song of the Wagon-Maker's Son	85	(18)
THE BLACK BOOK
V. The Song of Jealousy	103	(30)
VI. The Song of the Butterfly	133	(40)
VII. The Song of the Wild Animals	173	(26)
THE RED BOOK
VIII. The Song of the Blue Light	199	(18)
Coda	217	(2)
Acknowledgments	219