[The Blue Flower]
Year:
1995
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Harper Paperbacks
Year of publication:
2014
Pages:
320
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
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The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
The author narrates the relationship between the great German Romantic poet Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg) and the young Sophie. Set in Saxony, with a wide cast of well-developed characters, it insightfully and ironically portrays the contrasts between the everyday and the sublime through brief chapters, with shifts in time, until it forms a grand tableau full of humanity, told in a clear and engaging style.
Author: Manuel Martínez, Spain
Update on: May 2025