Amélie Nothomb

This is a coming of age novel by the acclaimed Belgian author. One of the Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of fiction in 2018. Marie is the prettiest girl in her provincial high school, and dating the most popular boy in town. She is the envy of all her peers-and she loves it. But when she gives birth to Diane, things begin to change. Diane steals the hearts of all who meet her, inciting nothing but jealousy in her mother. This is Diane's story....

"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...

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...

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...