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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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    Unlock the more straightforward side of Oscar and the Lady in Pink with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!

    This engaging summary presents an analysis of Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, a novel about a young boy called Oscar who is suffering from a serious disease and has days left to live. Through his relationship with a former wrestler called Granny Rose, Oscar slowly comes to terms with his situation and, with the help of letters he writes to God, makes his peace with it. A part of the Cycle of the Invisible, Oscar and the Lady in Pink has been adapted for both the theatre and the cinema. Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt began his career as a scriptwriter but soon moved on to writing novels, many of which prominently feature religion. In 2013, he published his first graphic novel.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateOct 8, 2015
    ISBN9782806294661
    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 (France) in 1960.

      Notable works:

      The Alternative Hypothesis (2001), novel

      Ulysses from Baghdad (2008), novel

      Three Women in a Mirror (2011), novel

      Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt is one of the most widely read French authors in the world. He was born in 1960 and now lives in Brussels. Before he became a writer, he successfully completely an agrégation (a highly selective competitive examination for teachers) in philosophy. He began his writing career in the theatre with Don Juan on Trial (1991), a variation on the myth of Don Juan, and The Visitor, a play in which Freud (Austrian neurologist, 1856-1939) is visited by an enigmatic man who claims to be God. While writing for the theatre, Schmitt also worked on books (The Alternative Hypothesis, 2001), short stories (The Most Beautiful Book in the World, 2006) and even an autobiographical novel (My Life with Mozart, 2005). He recently stepped behind the camera to adapt two of his books for cinema, one of which was Oscar and the Lady in Pink.

      An emotional rollercoaster

      Genre: novel

      Reference edition: Schmitt, É-E. (2002) Oscar et la Dame rose. Paris: Magnard.¹

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