Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Book Analysis) E-Book

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• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
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• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Seitenzahl: 17

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In Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Oscar, a ten-year-old boy who suffers from leukemia, addresses letters to God in which he expresses his fears, joys, hopes and sorrows. With the help of Mamie Rose, a wise and imaginative old lady, he lives a full life over the course of his last few days, and comes to term with his fate.

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Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Franco-Belgian writer

Born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon in 1960Notable works:Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2002), novelThe Alternative Hypothesis (2001), novelThree Women in a Mirror (2011), novel

Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, born in 1960 and a fellow of philosophy, is one of the world’s most read French authors. He lives in Brussels and began his career as a playwright with Don Juan on Trial (1991), a variation on the myth of Don Juan, and The Visitor, a play in which Freud is visited by an enigmatic man who claims to be God himself. While continuing to write for the theater, Schmitt also wrote novels (The Alternative Hypothesis, 2001), short stories(The Most Beautiful Book in the World, 2006) and autofiction (My Life with Mozart, 2005). Recently, he got behind the camera and adapted two of his works for the big screen, including Oscar and the Lady in Pink.

Oscar and the Lady in Pink

A story full of emotion

Genre: novelReference edition: Schmitt, É-E. (2002) Oscar et la Dame rose. Paris: Magnard.1First edition: 2002Themes: disease, religion, hospital, childhood, life, death

Oscar and the Lady in Pink, published in 2002, is part of The Cycle of the Invisible, a series of novels in which the writer features children who are confronted with different beliefs. Through conversations between an older character and a child, Schmitt shows how spirituality can help someone to live fully.

The novel introduces us to Oscar, a young boy who is suffering from leukemia, through the letters he addresses to God. He begins to write them based on the advice of Mamie Rose, an old woman who is responsible for comforting sick children, with whom he forms a friendship. In addition to dealing with spirituality, Schmitt manages to brilliantly address the difficult topic of hospitalized children, without falling into the melodramatic.

1 Quotes taken from the reference edition have been translated by BrightSummaries.com.