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| Original Title: | Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam |
| ISBN: | 222617964X (ISBN13: 9782226179647) |
| Edition Language: | French |
| Literary Awards: | Prix de Flore (2007) |
Amélie Nothomb
Paperback | Pages: 245 pages Rating: 3.7 | 7154 Users | 746 Reviews
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How do you know an author is talented? One way is when you cannot stop reading, even though not much is happening plotwise. This was Tokyo Finacee for me. Nothomb creates striking images with very few words, and their arresting quality is not lost in translation.(Note: The title is Tokyo Fiancée)
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"The concept of freedom has been spoken of so often that from the very first words I want to yawn. The physical experience of freedom, however, is something else all together. You should always have something to flee from, in order to cultivate this wonderful sense of possibility. Besides, you do always have something to flee -- even if it is only your own self.
The good news is that you can escape from yourself. What you are fleeing in yourself is the little prison that a settled way of life will build anywhere. Just pack your bags and off you go: the ego is so astonished that it forgets to play jail-keeper. You can shake yourself off the way you'd shake off your pursuers."
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| Title | : | Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam |
| Author | : | Amélie Nothomb |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 245 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 2007 by Albin Michel |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. Japan. France. Contemporary. Romance |
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Ratings: 3.7 From 7154 Users | 746 ReviewsCriticize About Books Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam
Dear Ms. Nothomb,Next time you act like a despicable human being and feel guilty about the reprehensible way you have treated someone, spare the lot of us the torture of being subject to your memoir writing.Just pick up the phone and tell the guy you're sorry.Sincerely,EliyannaFor me the ending feels so right. May be because it reflects how I perceive the world now.
Orientalist garbage. The whole book is her expressing her "love" to Japan but this love never goes further than considering it as that weird and incomprehensible yet appealing culture and never makes an effort to see them as actual human beings. She constantly mocks their people while showing a weird obssesion with being "a real japanese", apparently much more worthy of the title than any other actual japanese person. All of this is obviously more evident in her relationship with Rinri; she
Perfect. It's an incredible simple love story
Amelie Nothomb is a stitch. She writes a very wry and funny story, of her years in Tokyo and falling in love (or not) with a student there. She wants desperately to embrace Japanese culture, but remains very Belgian to the core. Her bits about Americans were scathingly funny, and told as much about her prickly personality as it did about the Americans she met.
Amelie Nothomb is a Belgian writer, who has a very deep connection with Japan and everything Japanese. She lived in Japan as a child and came back to rebuild her ties with this fascinating country and its culture. Even if this book is not as good as my favourite "Fear and trembling, I still enjoy the way she describes the everyday confusion and misunderstanding for a European in Japan.
Dear Ms. Nothomb,Next time you act like a despicable human being and feel guilty about the reprehensible way you have treated someone, spare the lot of us the torture of being subject to your memoir writing.Just pick up the phone and tell the guy you're sorry.Sincerely,Eliyanna
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