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| Plot Summary of Our Lady of the Flowers (Notre Dame des Fleurs) |
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"A criminal is spending an indefinite time in prison. While there, he creates a fantasy world that he finds arousing. His characters are a male-to-female transgendered person named Divine, her virile male lover, and her murderer, an attractive young man named Our Lady of the Flowers. The criminal spends his time masturbating while imagining the story of Divine's life and death. "
Judy Berman, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Our Lady of the Flowers (Notre Dame des Fleurs) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Life of a profession:
- criminal
Kind of sex:
- sexing oneself
- transvestites
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Taboo sex story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 (a significant amount)
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript. of nude males (the big P)
- male homosexuals doing their thing
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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