Oscar and the Lady in Pink - Hardcover

Schmitt, Eric-Emmanuel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843544504 ISBN 13: 9781843544500

Publisher: Atlantic Books, 2005

Synopsis

'My name is Oscar and I'm ten years old . . . They call me Egghead and I look about seven. I live in hospital because of my cancer and I've never written to you because I don't even know if you exist,' writes Oscar in a letter to God.

Oscar is ill and no one, especially not his parents, will tell him what he already knows: that he is dying. Granny Rose, the oldest of the 'ladies in pink' who visit Oscar and his fellow patients, makes friends with him. She suggests that he play a game: to pretend that each of the following twelve days is a decade of his imagined future. One day equals ten years, and every night Oscar writes a letter to God telling him about his life.

The ten letters that follow are sensitive, funny, heartbreaking and, ultimately, uplifting. Oscar and the Lady in Pink is a small fable with a big heart; it will change the way you feel about death, and life.

About this title

Review:

Funny, heartbreaking and uplifting... Not so much a literary set-piece as a masterpiece of grief and redemption. -- Fiona Ness, Sunday Business Post

The brilliance of the fable lies in its simplicity. It will make you smile, and you'll probably cry, but you certainly won't forget this little book. -- Choice Magazine

From the Author:

Eric Emmanuel Schmitt's bestselling novels and plays have been translated into more than twenty languages and produced in thirty-five countries. Oscar and the Lady in Pink has sold over one million copies worldwide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1843544504
• ISBN 13: 9781843544500
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96