The Blue Flower: A Novel

In Eighteenth-century Germany, The Impetuous Student Of Philosophy Who Will Later Gain Fame As The Romantic Poet Novalis Seeks His Father's Permission To Wed His True Philosophy -- A Plain, Simple Child Named Sophie. The Attachment Shocks His Family And Friends. This Brilliant Young Man, Betrothed To A Twelve-year-old Dullard! How Can It Be? A Literary Sensation And A Bestseller In England And The United States, The Blue Flower Was One Of Eleven Books- And The Only Paperback- Chosen As An Editor's Choice By The New York Times Book Review. The 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner In Fiction.