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Fear and Trembling

by Amélie Nothomb · 1999

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"According to ancient Japanese protocol, foreigners deigning to approach the emperor were to adopt a tone of fear and trembling. Terror and self-abasement conveyed respect.

Romance Foreign VisitorsForeign WorkersYoung WomenJapanese CorporationsSocial Life and CustomsFiction, PsychologicalJapan, FictionAlien Labor

About Fear and Trembling

"According to ancient Japanese protocol, foreigners deigning to approach the emperor were to adopt a tone of fear and trembling. Terror and self-abasement conveyed respect. Amelie, our well-intentioned and eager young Western heroine in this new novel by Amelie Nothomb, 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 Amelie; working there turns into a comic nightmare.". "Poor Amelie can do nothing right. She starts at the bottom of the corporate ladder and immediately reveals a genius for working her…

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