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Amelie, a well-intentioned and eager young westerner, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfilment of a dream for Amelie, but once there her working life quickly becomes a comic nightmare of terror and self-abasement. Disturbing, hilarious and totally convincing, Fear and Trembling displays an elegant and shrewd understanding of the intricate ways in which Japanese relationships are made and spoiled.
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Fear and Trembling, Amélie Nothomb
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- Released
- 2006
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- Title
- Fear and Trembling
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Amélie Nothomb
- Publisher
- Faber
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0571233899
- ISBN13
- 9780571233892
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Women, Contemporary Fiction, France, Relationships, Fun, Society, French Literature, Japan, Adapted for Film, Satire, Employment, Autobiographical Novels, Bullying, Company, Oppression, Belgian Literature
- First published
- 1999
- Original title
- Stupeur et tremblement
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- Amelie, a well-intentioned and eager young westerner, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfilment of a dream for Amelie, but once there her working life quickly becomes a comic nightmare of terror and self-abasement. Disturbing, hilarious and totally convincing, Fear and Trembling displays an elegant and shrewd understanding of the intricate ways in which Japanese relationships are made and spoiled.