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  The Book of Proper Names : A Novel

  by Amelie Nothomb

  he latest novel by France's 'literary lioness' (Elle Magazine) tells the story of an orphan girl named-haplessly-Plectrude. Raised by an eccentric if loving aunt, she is a dreamy child who is discovered to have enormous gifts as a dancer. Accepted at Paris's most prestigious ballet school, Plectrude devotes herself to artistic perfection, until her body can take no more. The portrait of the ballet world alone... (more)