Fear and Trembling. Tokyo Bride

Amélie Nothomb is famous for her brilliant short novels, which she has been releasing annually for more than thirty years. Translated into forty countries, they have earned her numerous prestigious awards, including one of the main literary prizes in Europe – the Strega Prize.
The novels “Fear and Trembling” and “Tokyo Bride” are her most famous bestsellers. Both books are based on real events from the author’s biography. The daughter of a prominent Belgian diplomat, Amélie Nothomb spent her early childhood in Japan and loved the country so much that she dreamed of returning there when she grew up and becoming
a true Japanese. And so, having learned the Japanese language and graduated from university, twenty-year-old Amélie arrives in Tokyo with the intention of settling there permanently.
“Fear and Trembling” is a fascinating and witty novel about her attempts to become an exemplary employee in a large Japanese company. Built as a psychological duel between two beautiful women, it earned the young writer the Grand Prize of the French Academy. “Tokyo Bride” is a love story of the same Amélie with a handsome Japanese man, nearly culminating in marriage. Both novels have been successfully adapted into films.