Fear and Trembling

by Amelie Nothomb

2020-12-29 07:42:22

Alternately disturbing and hilarious, unbelievable and shatteringly convincing, Amélie Nothomb's Fear and Trembling will keep readers clutching tight to the pages of this taut little novel, caught up in the throes of fear, trembling, and, ultimate... Read more
Alternately disturbing and hilarious, unbelievable and shatteringly convincing, Amélie Nothomb's Fear and Trembling will keep readers clutching tight to the pages of this taut little novel, caught up in the throes of fear, trembling, and, ultimately, delight. 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 nightmare. Less

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Publication date April 1, 2007
Languageeng
ISBN9781429978996
Amelie Nothomb's previous novels include The Stranger Next Door, Loving Sabotage, and Fear and Trembling, which won the Grand Prix of the Academie Francaise (and is now available in paperback from St....

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