The Blue Flower

Name: The Blue Flower
Author: Penelope Fitzgerald

by Penelope Fitzgerald

Novel of the German Romantic poet Novalis during his brief, passionate life

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Penelope Fitzgerald

British novelist who began publishing fiction at sixty and went on to produce a body of work admired for its wry precision and elegant economy. The Blue Flower and Offshore, which won the Booker Prize, are among her finest achievements. She is now widely regarded as a major twentieth-century novelist.

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