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Title	:	Stupeur et tremblements
Author	:	Amélie Nothomb
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 187 pages
Published	:	June 1st 2001 by Le Livre de Poche (first published August 26th 1999)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. France. Japan. Contemporary

Stupeur et tremblements

Amélie Nothomb

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 187 pages

Rating: 3.74 | 20639 Users | 1674 Reviews

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Au début des années 90, la narratrice est embauchée par Yumimoto, une puissante firme japonaise. Elle va découvrir à ses dépens l'implacable rigeur de l'autorité d'entreprise, en même temps qu les codes de conduite, incompréhensibles au profane, qui gouvernent la vie sociale au pays du Soleil levant.

D'erreurs en maladresses et en échecs, commence alors pour elle, comme dans un mauvais rêve, la descente inexorable dans les degrés de la hiérarchie, jusqu'au rang de surveillante des toilettes, celui de l'humiliation dernière. Une course absurde vers l'abîme - image de la vie -, où l'humour percutant d'Amélie Nothomb fait mouche à chaque ligne.

Entre le rire et l'angoisse, cette satire des nouveaux despotismes aux échos kafkaïens a conquis un immense public et valu à l'auteur d'Hygiène de l'assassin le Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française en 1999.

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Original Title:	Stupeur et tremblements
Edition Language:	French
Setting:	Japan Tokyo(Japan)
Literary Awards:	Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française (1999), Prix des libraires du Québec for Lauréats hors Québec (2000), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2003)

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Ratings: 3.74 From 20639 Users | 1674 Reviews

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Quite pretentious and childish most of the time. Two stars for helping me figuring out the Passé simple in French.

Fear and Trembling by Amelie NothombSomething bothers me a lot about this novel.Its a short novel 130 pages that can be read at a sitting. Translated from the French, it was a big hit in France and it won a couple of literary prizes when published in 1999. The main character is a young Belgian woman, of college age we assume, who lives in Japan and takes a job for a year in a Japanese corporation. (Just like the Belgian author who was born in Japan.) She has a woman supervisor (very unusual in

Certainly hilaric, these experiences of Nothomb in a Japanese company. But satire is a delicate art, and exaggeration can be detrimental to pleasure. Nothomb is balancing on the edge of racism. Didn't like it in the end.

It was a very nice and capturing read. I love French humor! Satire and descriptions are compelling. I found many times giggling at confrontation of the West vs East. To put it short, this is a highly recommended read with easy going plot and penetrating insight.

Stupeur et tremblements = Fear and Trembling, Amélie NothombFear and Trembling (original title: Stupeur et tremblements, which means "Amazement and trembling") is a satirical novel by Amélie Nothomb, first published in 1999, and translated into English by Adriana Hunter in 2001. It was awarded the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française that year.عنوانها: بهت و لرز ترس و لرز اثر: آملی نوتومب انتشاراتیها (کتاب نادر نشر قطره) تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز سی و یکم ماه آگوست سال 2003 میلادیعنوان 1:

3.5 stars, rounded up. I am not sure satire is really my "thing" and it made me feel very uncomfortable...but I guess that's the point (?!), hence the rounding up.This book is a fictionalised, satirical account of a young Belgian woman's year spent working for a large Japanese corporation and the constant stream of humiliations she suffers. While Nothomb is certainly sending up Japanese culture, she somehow manages to do this with quite an empathetic touch, and there are some very funny

Marie-Therese wrote: "Very much in agreement with Nocturnalux and Maya here. As someone with many Japanese friends and some experience with Japanese