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    Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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    In this clear and detailed reading guide, we’ve done all the hard work for you!

    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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       • Key themes and symbols

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateOct 8, 2015
    ISBN9782806270177
    Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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

    Franco-Belgian writer

    Born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon in 1960

    Notable works:

    Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2002), novel

    The Alternative Hypothesis (2001), novel

    Three 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

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