The Book About Blanche and Marie: A Novel

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Harry N. Abrams, Apr 3, 2007 - Fiction - 240 pages
From one of the world's most acclaimed authors comes a tale that explores the complex relationship between Blanche Whitman, the famous hysteria patient of Professor J. M. Charcot and Marie Curie, Polish physicist and Nobel Prize winner.

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The Song of the Amputee
13
The Song of the Rabbit
43
The Song of the Flatbed Wagon
61
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Enquist's writing is characterized by political consciousness and an interest in the past as it affects or reflects the present. During the politicized 1960s, Enquist was a principle practitioner of documentarism. He is both an important playwright and a novelist. Tiina Nunnally has translated work by Astrid Lindgren, Henning Mankell, and Peter Hoeg, among others.

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