by Penelope Fitzgerald · FLAMINGO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007718795
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The Blue Flower is a novel by Penelope Fitzgerald that tells the story of Friedrich von Hardenberg, a young man destined to become one of Germany's great romantic poets. The novel explores themes such as genius, love, poetry, life, and loss, all framed in a historical context of political turmoil and intellectual voracity. With endearing characters and elegant prose, Fitzgerald creates a complete world in a few pages, offering a charming and moving look at domestic life and the search for meaning in art and human relationships.
Penelope Mary Fitzgerald was a Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist and biographer from Lincoln, England. In 2008 The Times listed her among "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Observer in 2012 placed her final novel, The Blue Flower, among "the ten best historical novels". A.S. Byatt called her, "Jane Austen’s nearest heir for precision and invention."
