Fear and Trembling: A Novel
Book Details
Author(s)Nothomb, Amelie
PublisherSt. Martin's Griffin
ISBN / ASIN0312288573
ISBN-139780312288570
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank337,874
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
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 and eager young Western heroine, 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 Amélie; working there turns into comic nightmare.
Alternately disturbing and hilarious, unbelievable and shatteringly convincing, 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.




