num_pages: 320
description: From the Booker Prize-winning author of ‘Offshore’ comes this unusual romance between the poet Novalis and his fiancée Sophie, newly introduced by Candia McWilliam.The year is 1794 and Fritz, passionate, idealistic and brilliant, is seeking his father’s permission to announce his engagement to his heart’s desire: twelve-year-old Sophie. His astounded family and friends are amused and disturbed by his betrothal. What can he be thinking?Tracing the dramatic early years of the young German who was to become the great romantic poet and philosopher Novalis, ‘The Blue Flower’ is a masterpiece of invention, evoking the past with a reality that we can almost feel.
language: English
title: The Blue Flower
titlecomplete: The Blue Flower
characters: Novalis
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Germany, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 5812
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Flamingo