description: Winner of the 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction, The Blue Flower recounts the story of the curious obsession of the poet Novalis for his one true philosophy, the plain and decidedly simple 12-year-old Sophie. Unabridged.
language: English
title: The Blue Flower
titlecomplete: The Blue Flower
characters: Novalis
genres: Literature, British Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Novels, Historical, Fiction, Germany, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 5814
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Mariner Books