{"product_id":"the-blue-flower-9780544359451","title":"The Blue Flower","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER in Fiction. Booker Prize-winning novelist Fitzgerald's crowning literary work centers on the 18th-century German poet and philosopher Novalis and his love for the simple Sophie.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Blue Flower\u003c\/em\u003e is set in the age of Goethe among the small towns and great universities of 18th-century Germany. It tells the true story of Friedrich von Hardenberg, a passionate, impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the romantic poet Novalis. Fritz seeks his father's permission to wed his \"heart's heart,\" his \"spirit's guide\"--a plain, simple child named Sophievon Kühn. It is an attachment that shocks his family and friends. Their brilliant young Fritz, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard? How can this be?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir rationality of love, the transfiguration of the commonplace, the clarity of purpose that comes with knowing one's own fate-- these are the themes of this beguiling novel, themes treated with a mix of wit, grace, and mischievous humor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An extraordinary imagining . . . an original masterpiece.\"--\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An astonishing book...Fitzgerald's greatest triumph.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fitzgerald, Penelope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544359451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Penelope Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39928605835339,"sku":"9780544359451","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_944713ec-9f50-407e-8010-bb9f35723510.jpg?v=1671536627","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-blue-flower-9780544359451","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}