by Amélie Nothomb
I don't know what exactly to think about this book... At the beginning it was quite interesting - a Belgian girl starting to work in a Japanese group, so the author started off with some intercultural communication challenges and misunderstandings, as well as funny situations. But the whole story tu...
--> Waow, it was really really great! Just read it you will not be disappointed!--> C'est vraiment un très bon livre ! Très bien écrit.
Amélie Nothomb was always way too popular for me to even think of trying one of her books. I might be snobbish or I might just be ignorant - in the end it's all about reading. If it hadn't been for J.'s recommendation (thank goodness for the chosen ones - my students of Romanian - with whom I can ex...
This is a re-read for me. Amélie Nothomb practiced "autofiction" before it was fashionable. This is a fictional account of her time in Japan. Yes, she did work for a big Japanese firm as a translator and yes she was engaged with a well to do Japanese man (the tale of that part of her life is in Ni d...
My Japanese friend Yukie said I had to read this if I wanted to understand how a Japanese job worked. And indeed I do feel I have a great deal more insight into it!Rule number 1: NEVER take initiative for anything you're not supposed to take initiative for. The heroine finds this out the hard way. S...
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