by Amélie Nothomb, Alison Anderson
A short and memorable novel about the author's love affair with a Japanese man. Nothomb writes with candor about her relationship with Rinri, whom she meets tutoring French. While searing in its own way, it has none of the brutality of her (earlier?) book, HYGIENE AND THE ASSASSIN but instead is cha...
This is an semi-autobiographical story of the author's experience in Japan between 1989 and 1991. She meets a young Japanese student and they begin a friendship that leads them into being a couple. As their relationship develops, Amelie relates the misunderstandings that occur between cultures and...
Ok enough story, but it went off on unrelated tangents that pulled away from the main plot and were honestly quite boring. I ended up not liking the author for how she treated Rinri later on.
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