Amélie Nothomb
1) Thirst
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In her twenty-eighth novel in as many years, best-selling Belgian novelist and international literary superstar Amélie Nothomb takes on a story for the ages: the life of Jesus. In a first-person voice as droll and irreverent as it is wise, Nothomb narrates Jesus's final days, from his trial to his crucifixion to the resurrection. Amid asides about his relationships with his mother and Judas, his love for Mary Magdalene, and his many miracles, we...
2) First blood
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A moving fictionalized account of Nothomb's own father, who died of Covid related symptoms in early 2020, this is the acclaimed author's most personal and heartfelt novel.
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Marie is the prettiest girl in her provincial hometown and is dating the most popular boy in town. She is the envy of all her schoolmates and she loves it. When she falls pregnant and gives birth to Diana, things change. Diana steals the hearts of all who meet her, inciting nothing but jealousy in her mother. This is Diana's story. The story of a young, brilliant woman who grows up without maternal affection. It is the story of Diana's relationships...
4) Life Form
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A fictional correspondence with a desperate American soldier leads to a strange new reality in this surreal novel of trauma, healing, and war.
One morning, the heroine of this book-a famous Belgian author named Amélie Nothomb-receives an unusual fan letter. Melvin Mapple, an American soldier stationed in Iraq, tells her of the horrors around him. And of his only comfort, eating. He eats and eats until his ever-growing bulk starts to suffocate...
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Two female authors share adventures and champagne in this witty novel about friendship by the celebrated author of Hygeine and the Assassin.
With wry humor and a deceptively simple style, Pétronille tells an unusual story about twin abiding passions: one for champagne, and the other for a riotous friendship between her protagonist and Pétronille Fanto, a woman who refuses to drink alone.
This is a funny, moving, exotic novel about travel, France,...
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"Why must pleasure always have a price? And why must one always pay for sensual delight with the loss of original lightness?"
Amélie is a young language teacher living in Tokyo. When she succumbs to the attentions of her one and only student-the shy, wealthy, and oh-so-Japanese Rinri-the lovers-to-be find themselves swept along by an affair that is as unusual as it is tender. This is a new kind of love story that pits a woman's desire for companionship...
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Esta novela de inspiración autobiográfica, que ha obtenido un enorme éxito en Francia, cuenta la historia de una joven belga que empieza a trabajar en Tokio en una gran compañía japonesa. Pero en el Japón actual, fuertemente jerarquizado, la joven tiene el lastre de un doble handicap: es occidental y mujer, lo cual la convertirá en blanco de una cascada de humillaciones y de una progresiva degradación laboral que la llevará a pasar de la...
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La solitude à deux, tel était le rêve d'Emile et de Juliette.
Une maison au fond des bois pour y finir leurs jours, l'un près de l'autre. Etrangement, cette parfaite thébaïde comportait un voisin. Un nommé Palamède Bernardin, qui d'abord est venu se présenter, puis a pris l'habitude de s'incruster chez eux chaque après-midi, de quatre à six heures. Sans dire un mot, ou presque. Et cette présence absurde va peu à peu devenir plus dérangeante...
9) Mercure
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Sur une île au large de Cherbourg, un vieil homme et une jeune fille vivent isolés, entourés de serviteurs et de gardes du corps, à l'abri de tout reflet ; en aucun cas Hazel ne doit voir son propre visage.
Engagée pour soigner la jeune fille, Françoise, une infirmière, va découvrir les étranges mystères qui unissent ces deux personnages. Elle saura pourquoi Hazel se résigne, nuit après nuit, aux caresses du vieillard. Elle comprendra...
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Metafísica de los tubos cuenta los primeros tres años de vida de un ser obsesionado por el agua que, disconforme con su entorno, adopta la inerte forma de tubo como condición existencial. Con la crueldad, el realismo y el peculiar humor al que nos tiene acostumbrados, Amélie Nothomb rememora, a través de una narración que combina filosofía y fontanería, episodios de su infancia japonesa, transcurrida en Osaka. Que la protagonista de esta novela...
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Editions Albin Michel
Pub. Date
2008
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Français
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When an unknown man arrives at the Baptiste Bordave's house, seeking help, it is apparent that he is unwell, and he dies. Baptiste realises that he bears a physical resemblance to the corpse. Rather than reporting the death to authorities, he takes over his life.
17) Tokyo fiancee
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First Run Features
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[2015]
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日本語
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When a French woman with a passion for all things Japanese buys a one-way ticket to Tokyo, she becomes a French tutor and falls in love with her first student.
19) Life Form
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Life Form, Amélie Nothomb's nineteenth novel is a smart, singular, surreal novel about personality and philosophy, trauma and healing, solitude and human connection from one of the most widely read and beloved authors working today.
One morning, the heroine of this book, a famous author named Amélie Nothomb, receives a letter from a fan, Melvin Mapple, an American soldier stationed in Iraq. Horrified by the endless violence around him, he takes...
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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...