by Amélie Nothomb · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782253150718
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«Stupeur et tremblements» is the novel by Amélie Nothomb, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (186 pages, in French).
In the 1990s, a young Belgian woman is hired by Yumimoto, a powerful Japanese company in Tokyo. Amid errors and misunderstandings, she suffers the rigid hierarchy and social codes of the company until she is relegated to humiliating tasks. A satire of workplace despotism, with sharp humor and a tone between laughter and anguish.
The work was originally published in 1999 and won the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. This Le Livre de Poche edition was released in 2006.
Intended for readers of contemporary French fiction and for those seeking an ironic look at cultural clash and the workplace.
Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb, better known by her pen name Amélie Nothomb, is a Belgian Francophone novelist. Part of her childhood was spent in Asia.
