num_pages: 132
description: Plectrude is an orphan with a gift for dance. She is looked after by her aunt who falls obsessively in love with her. This is a tale of lost mothers, haunted adolescence and fate.
language: English
title: The Book of Proper Names
titlecomplete: The Book of Proper Names
genres: Fiction, France, French Literature, Roman, Belgium, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Belgian, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 4436
publisher: Faber and Faber