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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.

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      Publisher: St Martin's Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 18/04/2002
      ISBN13: 9780312288570, 978-0312288570
      ISBN10: 0312288573

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.

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