Oscar et la Dame Rose (French Edition)

by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Paperback, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

848

Publication

French and European Publications Inc (2006), 115 pages

Description

'My name is Oscar, I'm ten years old...They call me Egghead, I look about seven, I live in hospital because of my cancer and I've never written to you because I don't even know if you exist, ' writes Oscar to God. Oscar is ill, and no one, especially not his parents, can tell him what he already knows: that he is dying. Granny Rose, the oldest of the 'ladies in pink' who come to visit the patients, makes friends with Oscar. She suggests that he play a game: to pretend that each of the following twelve days is a decade of his imaginary life. One day equals ten years, and every night Oscar writes a letter to God telling him about his life. The ten letters that follow are sensitive, funny, heartbreaking and, ultimately, life-affirming. Oscar and the Pink Lady is a small fable with a very big heart… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member wigsonthegreen
This is one of the most beautiful and tender books I have read in a long time and I would wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone.
LibraryThing member Ali_g
such a nice book, a quick easy read that has a lot of meaning behind it.

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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2002

Physical description

115 p.; 7.09 inches

ISBN

2210754909 / 9782210754904
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