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Stupeur et Tremblements is a really good read. I also loved Biographie de la Faim. Most of her earlier work is worth reading. The thing about Nothomb is that she writes like one book a year, which is a lot, and lately she just seems uninspired. I recently read Tokyo Fiancee, and it was just ... 70. The life of hunger by A. Nothomb
In this novel the author recalls events in her childhood and adolescence, which she spent living in different countries, given that her father was a diplomat. It is an amusing book, but less interenting than her other autobiographical works. ... Japan, similar in style to Fear and Trembling, and, like that, fun (but not fluffy) reads - The Character of Rain and The Life of Hunger.
The Chinese books you've been reading look interesting; they're things I'd never heard of before, so thanks for providing such tantalising reviews! I ... The Graveyard Book and The Life of Hunger Amelie Nothomb consistently impresses me, then I am going back into rehearsal Monday so I am reading lots of research and rereading the script. ... the middle of a cowl. Then I am planning a hat for a friend's baby due in May.
Similarly book-wise I am in the middle of The Life of Hunger and Lark Rise to Candleford ... by Mikhail Bulgakov
5. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
6. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
7. Biographie de la faim by Amélie Nothomb
8. A Matter of Death and Life by Andrey Kurkov
9. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
10. Brave New Worl ... ... ta
3) Miguel de Cervantes : Don Quixote de la Mancha
4) Fyodor Dostoevsky : Crime and Punishment
5) Amelie Nothomb : Biographie de la faim
6) Luis Sepulveda : Un viejo que leia novelas de amor (The Old Man who read Love Stories)
7) Victor Hugo : Notre-Dame de Paris
8) Alexandre Duma ... ... Roads to Sata
3) Miguel de Cervantes : Don Quixote
4) Fyodor Dostoevsky : Crime and Punishment
5) Amelie Nothomb : Biographie de la faim
6) Luis Sepulveda : Un viejo que leia novelas de amor
7) Victor Hugo : Notre Dame de Paris
8) Alexandre Dumas : Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, tome ... ... in French:
1) Metaphysique des tubes by Amelie Nothomb
2) Hygiene de l'assassin by Amelie Nothomb
3) Biographie de la faim by Amelie Nothomb
4) Au Bonheur des dames by Emile Zola
5) Veronika decide de mourir by Paulo Coelho
6) Fanfan by Alexandre J ... From Audiotogo.com: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
From Amazon: Biographie de la faim by Amelie Nothomb ... worth the time. :)
If you want more to read by her I recommend:
Hygiene de l'assassin
Metaphysique des tubes
Biographie de la faim
The last two being about her childhood in Japan as well.
5) Biographie de la faim by Amelie Nothomb
4/5 stars
Belgium (although I always put her under France)
Amelie Nothomb revisits her youth as we follow her from Japan to Pekin, New York, Bangladesh, a brief stop in Belgium and her ending back in Japan where we all know what awaits her from her ... ... evsky
Picked up and stopped but thinking I'll get back to them eventually:
Coco Dias ou la porte Dorée by Brina Svit
Biographie de la faim by Amelie Nothomb
La reine du sud by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Not a good year for finishing books it would seem. ... with the weird neighbour, as it's not on your list - Les catilinaires. I enjoyed that one, but my favourites so far are Biographie de la faim, Metaphysique des tubes and Stupeur et tremblements. I've got several others on my TBR pile, and just managed to resist buying two more at ...
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