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Fear and Trembling
Amelie Nothomb
Apri · St. Martin's Griffin · 144 pages
FictionForeign VisitorsForeign workersYoung womenJapanese Corporations
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"According to ancient Japanese protocol, foreigners deigning to approach the emperor were to adopt a tone of fear and trembling. Terror and self-abasement conveyed respect. Amelie, our well-intentioned and eager young Western heroine in this new novel by Amelie Nothomb, 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 Amelie; working there turns into a comic nightmare.". "Poor Amelie can do nothing right. She starts at t…
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