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Oscar, a ten-year-old boy, lives in a children's hospital, with volunteer nurses called "Pink Ladies" and Mamie-Rose, being the oldest Pink Lady. She is retired but still actively volunteering with this group. After a failed bone marrow transplant, he thinks he is doomed.
- Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
- 2002
Oscar and the Lady in Pink explores questions of Christian faith as they relate to death. Originally written in French, Oscar and the Lady in Pink has been translated in numerous languages and adapted for theater and movie production.
Jan 1, 2002 · September 30, 2021. Oscar et la Dame Rose = Oscar And The Lady In Pink (Le Cycle de l'invisible #3), Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. A young boy named Oscar lives in the hospital, because he suffers from a type of cancer. He writes letters to God to talk about his life at the hospital.
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Character Analysis. Oscar, nicknamed Egghead for his baldness, is the protagonist. He is a 10-year-old cancer patient who lives at a hospital. Oscar is self-deprecating and realistic about his fate, and his direct way of talking about death occasionally catches adults off guard.
Synopsis. Oscar, a ten-year-old boy, lives in a children's hospital, with volunteer nurses called "Pink Ladies" and Mamie-Rose, being the oldest Pink Lady. She is retired but still actively volunteering with this group. After a failed bone marrow transplant, he thinks he is doomed.
Aug 27, 2008 · Oscar’s ‘relationship’ is with Peggy Blue (“Snow White like those photos of snow when the snow’s blue and not white.”), a young girl on the children’s ward. Like Egghead, the cutesy nicknames work well in giving an innocence to the children while hinting at their specific complaint.
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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, life-affirming....
