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The Japanese believe that until the age of three children, whether Japanese or not, are gods, each one an okosama, or “lord child.” On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of the human race. In Amélie Nothomb’s new novel The Character of Rain , we learn that divinity is a difficult thing from which to recover.

Fear and Trembling: A Novel

by Amelie Nothomb, Adriana Hunter

According to ancient Japanese protocol, foreigners deigning to approach the emperor did so only with fear and trembling. Terror and self-abasement conveyed respect. Amélie, our well-intentioned and eager young Western heroine, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfillment of a dream for Amélie; working there turns into comic... (more)

Hygiène De L'Assassin

by Amelie Nothomb

Text: French

The Life of Hunger

by Amelie Nothomb

The daughter of a Belgian diplomat, Amelie had an itinerant childhood, ranging from Tokyo to Peking and Paris to New York by way of Bangladesh. Recounting these formative journeys right up to her return to Japan in 1989, and the Kobe earthquake, "The Life of Hunger" is an extraordinary examination of the self, and perhaps Amelie's most mature and moving work to date.

The Book of Proper Names : A Novel

by Amelie Nothomb

he latest novel by France's 'literary lioness' (Elle Magazine) tells the story of an orphan girl named-haplessly-Plectrude. Raised by an eccentric if loving aunt, she is a dreamy child who is discovered to have enormous gifts as a dancer. Accepted at Paris's most prestigious ballet school, Plectrude devotes herself to artistic perfection, until her body can take no more. The portrait of the ballet world alone... (more)

Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam

by Amelie Nothomb

Auteur: Amélie Nothomb Editeur: Albin Michel Date de parution: 01/08/2007Langue: Français Collection: Romans Français Nombre de pages: 252 pages Format: 13 cm x 20 cm

Péplum

by Amelie Nothomb

Text: French

Les Combustibles

by Amelie Nothomb

Text: French

Loving Sabotage

by Amelie Nothomb

Here in its American debut edition, Loving Sabotage is the remarkable second novel by young Belgian literary phenomenon Amelie Nothomb. "I lived everything during these three years: heroism, glory, treachery, love, indifference, suffering, humiliation. It was in China, I was seven years old." So announces the narrator of Loving Sabotage , Amelie Nothomb's critically acclaimed novel about a young girl who seems... (more)

Le fait du prince

by Amelie Nothomb

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Métaphysique des tubes

by Amelie Nothomb

Fear and Trembling: A Novel

by Amelie Nothomb, Adriana Hunter

Hygiène De L'Assassin

by Amelie Nothomb

The Life of Hunger

by Amelie Nothomb

The Book of Proper Names : A Novel

by Amelie Nothomb

Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam

by Amelie Nothomb

Péplum

by Amelie Nothomb

Les Combustibles

by Amelie Nothomb

Loving Sabotage

by Amelie Nothomb

Le fait du prince

by Amelie Nothomb

Cosmétique de l'ennemi

by a Nothomb