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  <title><![CDATA[Ni d'Eve, ni d'Adam]]></title>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">8</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2007</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amélie Nothomb]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Yulia]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 03 11:42:23 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 21 17:57:41 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This would have better titled <em>You'll See</em>, what Amelie's boyfriend always replies when she asks what they're going to do when they meet.<br/><br/>Amelie is a Belgian who left Japan at the age of five and has returned at 21 to learn Japanese by teaching French in Tokyo.  Rinri is her 20-year-old stu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41730806">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46380025">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tavi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Summit, NJ]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Mar 07 12:49:44 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[How do you know an author is talented? One way is when you cannot stop reading, even though not much is happening plotwise. This was Tokyo Finacee for me. Nothomb creates striking images with very few words, and their arresting quality is not lost in translation.<br/><br/>(Note: The title is Tokyo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46380025">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48396957">
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    <name><![CDATA[Thurston]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Palo Alto, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 06 00:18:31 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 06 00:23:14 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my third translation of Nothomb's work. With each book I find her writing more and more closer to the autobiographical bone. The other two stories I read seemed to deal with love in an unorthodox manner (a child in love with another child) and weird office politics (love/hate).<br/><br/>He...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48396957">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50295473">
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    <name><![CDATA[Ali]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Puyallup, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 24 10:33:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 24 10:36:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The inside cover describes this love story as completely unique and unexpected. I thought she had stolen the story from my journal changing only the details of my country of orgin, digs at Americans, and every one knows I would NEVER hike mountains like a norwegian god, but the rest was my love stor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50295473">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47775437">
    <user id="68723">
    <name><![CDATA[lynn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Feb 28 06:03:12 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 10 08:20:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amelie Nothomb is a stitch. She writes a very wry and funny story, of her years in Tokyo and falling in love (or not) with a student there.  She wants desperately to embrace Japanese culture, but remains very Belgian to the core. Her bits about Americans were scathingly funny, and told as much about...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47775437">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73659516">
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    <name><![CDATA[Iris]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 06 14:06:45 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 09 13:14:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amélie Nothomb writes 3.7 novels annually. She publishes one each autumn, then she collects book awards the following January. She plays by the book, this one. Her writing, on the other hand, is full of electric contradictions: her sentences stretch and play with the French language, her observatio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73659516">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54454578">
    <user id="2153853">
    <name><![CDATA[Veronica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Narbonne, 16, France]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 30 03:49:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 23 02:47:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read enough of Amélie Nothomb's books to be convinced that I greatly prefer her autobiographical novels to the rest of her output, which seems to be mostly short potboilers designed to shock the bourgeoisie. I loved <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75519.Metaphysique_Des_Tubes" title="Metaphysique Des Tubes by Amélie Nothomb">Metaphysique Des Tubes</a>, her memoir of her life between birth and the age of 5,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54454578">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45188233">
    <user id="896588">
    <name><![CDATA[Stephanie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 02 16:13:30 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 02 16:21:30 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Enamored of anything Asian - perhaps not to the level that the author is with Japanese culture... I had to pick this up. Great read, pages flew by... I was entranced with her perspicacity. <br/><br/>It's a gift to be able to convey images with so few words... I think the author's only downfall are...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45188233">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60542499">
    <user id="99841">
    <name><![CDATA[Pat]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Santa Rosa, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 21 14:10:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 21 14:16:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book in an English translation (from the French) that was titled Tokyo Fiancee (the French version is entitled Ni d'Eve ni D'Adam)and the author is Amelie Nothomb.  This is probably more a novella than a novel, and so it is a very quick read, but it is just great!  It's funny, sad, a bit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60542499">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73665384">
    <user id="297219">
    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 06 14:53:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 06 15:05:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[3.5 stars. This book is described as semi-autobiographical. It's interesting writing with humorous strange moments. The author goes off on tangents of grandeur at times, and at others reveals those unvarnished truths or thoughts one may have in a relationship without sharing them with the other part...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73665384">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52431363">
    <user id="2185693">
    <name><![CDATA[Harvee]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 12 17:19:46 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 12 02:00:48 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amelie Nothomb writes this as a work of fiction, though the main character has her name and Belgian background. <br/><br/>The novel begins in 1989 when Amelie, who was born in Japan and lived five years there, returns to Tokyo to learn the language and reacquaint herself with the country. <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52431363">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51815696">
    <user id="1249890">
    <name><![CDATA[Paige]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pleasantville, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 07 10:01:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 07 15:24:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Amélie Nothomb.  I may throw the word &quot;love&quot; around lightly, but I truly adore her.  All her books are amazing; this is no exception.  I felt the translation was spotty in places, but not having the French version—and not being able to read French—I can't say that for certain. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51815696">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17862855">
    <user id="996682">
    <name><![CDATA[Madame Charlotte]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Perpignan, pyrenees orientales, France]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amélie Nothomb fait partie des auteurs dont je n’attends pas la version poche, dès la sortie je me rue dessus, tant pis pour le porte-monnaie. Je suis une inconditionnelle de Nothomb. Et ce nouveau livre ne me déçoit pas. Moins violent que Stupeur et tremblement, il nous donne une autre facett...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17862855">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58378104">
    <user id="437104">
    <name><![CDATA[NEMO]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 03 21:19:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 03 21:19:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[no stars. i genuinely wished to like the little book. however it took only a few pages to make sure everyone reading knew how obtuse and idiotic Koreans and Americans are. <br/>alas. such is the French Mystique! (as portrayed by Dom DeLuise via Mel Brooks. ) I will admit not all French-speaking<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58378104">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62170269">
    <user id="1414667">
    <name><![CDATA[Vicky]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Melbourne, Australia]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amelie Nothomb is a Belgian writer, who has a very deep connection with Japan and everything Japanese. She lived in Japan as a child and came back to rebuild her ties with this fascinating country and its culture. Even if this book is not as good as my favourite &quot;Fear and trembling’, I still ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62170269">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="77410873">
    <user id="2551979">
    <name><![CDATA[Lyn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Melbourne, 07, Australia]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 11 01:10:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 11 01:14:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was such an interesting book, partly because you felt as though you were really getting an insight in to life in Japan. It tells the story of Amelie's relationship with a young Japanese man. He wants to see a future for them together however Amelie's outlook is not quite so straight forward. I'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77410873">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Allison]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[Finally on page 52, I find something worthwhile: <br/>&quot;Can one fall in love with a person one has a liking for? Unthinkable. One falls in love with a person one cannot stand, a person who presents an unbearable danger.&quot;<br/><br/>Page 106, the shock of my life:<br/>&quot;Rinri took me t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31440588">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Autobiographical? Weird love-affair with Japan. <br/><br/>Squid that are not quite dead when you eat them (cling to your tongue). Fiance's friends come to dinner and do not initiate conversation (and fiance stays in the kitchen). <br/><br/>But then the trips up the mountains - amazing! Account o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50597630">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The one I'm reading is called Tokyo Fiancee but in french it's called Neither of Eve Nor of Adam. Or maybe it's With Eve or Adam.  Strange.  Simple, very clean and clear language with some commentary on french and japanese language which might be better if I were reading it in french.  Style is kind...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61661149">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very interesting story.  It's different from anything I've read.  It's a non-traditional love story.  The main character is refreshing in that she isn't pining away for love (like most of the pathetic characters found in typical &quot;chick lit&quot; books).  She is active and inquisitive.  But I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45446451">more...</a>]]></body>
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