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  <title><![CDATA[Metaphysique Des Tubes]]></title>
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  <default_description>&quot;Il existe des &#234;tres qui ne subissent pas la loi de l'&#233;volution. Ce sont les l&#233;gumes cliniques&quot;, ou des tubes par o&#249; circule seule la nourriture. Ces tubes ne sont pas pour autant sans cervelle puisqu'il arrive que celle-ci, suite &#224; un &quot;accident fatal&quot;, se r&#233;veille soudain, et d&#233;clenche la vie. C'est exactement ce qu'a v&#233;cu la (tr&#232;s) jeune narratrice de &lt;I&gt;M&#233;taphysique des tubes&lt;/I&gt; durant les deux premi&#232;res ann&#233;es de sa vie qui furent muettes, immobiles, v&#233;g&#233;tatives, bref divines. Au sens propre, car ce singulier b&#233;b&#233; n'ignore pas qu'il est Dieu lui-m&#234;me, m&#233;ditant sur ce monde qu'il h&#233;site &#224; rejoindre. Sous forme de monologues int&#233;rieurs, consid&#233;rations philosophico-drolatiques, on d&#233;guste le r&#233;cit de ces trois premi&#232;res ann&#233;es d'une vie fran&#231;aise au Japon, pays merveilleux o&#249; de la naissance &#224; la maternelle, l'enfant est un dieu. &lt;P&gt;Depuis son entr&#233;e fracassante en litt&#233;rature en&#160;1992 avec &lt;I&gt;Hygi&#232;ne de l'assassin&lt;/I&gt; , Am&#233;lie Nothomb ne cesse de confirmer son talent singulier, au rythme d'un roman annuel. Elle est notamment l'auteur des &lt;I&gt;Catilinaires&lt;/I&gt; , de &lt;I&gt;Peplum&lt;/I&gt; et de &lt;I&gt;Stupeur et Tremblements&lt;/I&gt;, laur&#233;at du Grand Prix du roman de l'Acad&#233;mie fran&#231;aise en&#160;1999 et ph&#233;nom&#233;nal succ&#232;s public. &lt;I&gt;--Laure Anciel&lt;/I&gt; </default_description>
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    <name><![CDATA[Kitty-Wu]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bien, a mÃ­ creo que no es la niÃ±a la que me resulta antipÃ¡tica, sino directamente la autora. Creo que es el 5 o 6 libro que leo de AmÃ©lie-San, y es el que menos me ha gustado, y eso que el resto no me ha entusiasmado... Â¿QuÃ© tiene un universo muy original? Cierto, pero extremadamente pedante. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9876099">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11513766">
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    <name><![CDATA[NÃºria]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 03 05:02:40 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 03 05:04:13 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tampoco no es un libro infumable (como sÃ­ que lo es 'Antichrista' de la misma autora), pero al cabo de un tiempo me di cuenta de que era un libro totalmente olvidable. Y al cabo de un poco mÃ¡s de tiempo me di cuenta de que toda la obra de Nothomb estÃ¡ escrita para que apreciemos lo especial y sob...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11513766">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="77525426">
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 12 02:45:19 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 12 02:45:19 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Amelie Nothombe does it for me once again; I loved this book. It's my third Nothombe book, after Fear and Trembling and Le Sabotage Amoureux. Again this is an &quot;&quot;autobiographical fiction&quot;&quot; novel, as one can hardly trust Nothombe that she truly recounting her experiences and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77525426">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51917947">
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    <name><![CDATA[Cathy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 08 06:06:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Apr 11 02:22:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Glorious book cover, isn't it? <br/><br/>AmÃ©lie describes living in extraordinary worlds, being a baby and being in Japan. She somehow combines passionate feelings with deadpan delivery.<br/><br/>AmÃ©lie's parents have three children: a boy, a girl, and 'the plant' who sits immobile and impertu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51917947">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="78613524">
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 22 04:46:31 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 29 05:19:09 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ein weiteres Buch von AmÃ©lie Nothomb, das ich genauso schnell ausgelesen habe wie die anderen. Ich finde ihren Schreibstil, ihre Art, Geschichten zu erzÃ¤hlen sehr speziell, aber auch unheimlich mitreiÃŸend und spannend.<br/>Nachdem mich das letzte ihrer BÃ¼cher, das ich gelesen hatte, unsagbar wÃ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78613524">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49132280">
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 13 05:00:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 13 05:05:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Already the one-line description &quot;an autobiography from age 0-3&quot; had me intrigued, but I wasn't prepared for the amount and level of philosophical thought, not to mention wit, which could be incorporated into what is essentially a 150-page toddler's internal monologue. Tweeness is avoided ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49132280">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54085252">
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    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 26 21:12:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 21 16:07:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to say, Nothomb's books fascinate me.  It's best not to read them as memoirs, though she draws from her life, as she freely admits she loves to lie and doesn't care if she's believed.  That said, this is the story of a child/God/tube from day one to shortly after her third birthday.  From scr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54085252">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38042499">
    <user id="1212012">
    <name><![CDATA[Guillermo]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Monterrey, Mexico]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Nov 18 09:03:37 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 18 09:10:26 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Â¿Es acaso el proyecto literario de Nothomb algo similar a la 'Recherche...' de Proust? Yo creo que sÃ­. Conforme me sumerjo (y jamÃ¡s un verbo fue tan acertado para describir la acciÃ³n de un lector en el mundo nothombiano) en la obra 'ordenada' de esta autora que insiste en asumirse como japonesa ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38042499">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30626052">
    <user id="1437630">
    <name><![CDATA[Tiffany]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 19 23:57:53 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 20 00:18:55 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[..it's one of my favorite books by Amelie. Because I read it after &quot;Stupeur et Tremblements&quot; and &quot;ni d'Eve, ni d'Adan&quot;, I found it interesting to have certain things that she mentionned earlyer (ex: okonomiyaki memories, having almolst drowned in Japan, the story of the witch who...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30626052">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48021802">
    <user id="2085363">
    <name><![CDATA[Andrea]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 02 12:41:39 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 02 12:44:21 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This woman is amazing. Autobiographical novel on girl who is born to French diplomat parents in Japan and refuses to speak until one day her parents discover that she speaks fluent Japanese with her nanny. Amazingly intimate insight into a child's very own mind.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48021802]]></url>
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    <review id="31265560">
    <user id="1207908">
    <name><![CDATA[Vanillabricot]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[France]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[Bon, je commence Ã  connaÃ®tre le &quot;style&quot; Nothomb. J'aime bien. Et Ã§a se confirme dans ce bouquin.<br/>Ca commence avec un parrallÃ¨le dÃ©routant entre, en vrac, Dieu/ un tube/ une petite fille et puis ailleurs, entre le nÃ©ant/ la bÃ©atitude/ l'acceptation universelle. C'est pertinent e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31265560">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48188234">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sunny]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Diego, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like the 'tone' of this story. What I like about Nothomb's book is that it mostly starts from normal circumstances and you'll never know what you're going to hear about.]]></body>
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    <review id="48098392">
    <user id="392338">
    <name><![CDATA[Jill]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting...  Abstract.  Vivid imagery.  Life from the eyes of a two-year-old.  I don't know if I liked it, but it was definitely interesting.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48098392]]></url>
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    <review id="75080043">
    <user id="2257313">
    <name><![CDATA[John]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[St. Catharines, ON, Canada]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read in translation. Amelie Nothomb. The Character of Rain (transl. 2002, 2000) translated by Timothy Bent. é›¨]]></body>
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    <review id="43807124">
    <user id="1938111">
    <name><![CDATA[Natalia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bogotï¿½, 33, Colombia]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jan 21 08:18:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Â¿Para quÃ© matarse a nacer si no es para experimentar el placer?]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43807124]]></url>
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    <review id="58699916">
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    <name><![CDATA[Angie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Philadelphia, PA]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[Really enjoyed the interior vantage point of this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Also known as &quot;The Character of Rain&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[aka The Character of Rain]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely love this short, beautiful book.  Nothomb is probably my favorite French-language author.  I read almost all of her books when I was in France and just recently picked up the English translation of this one.  I'm teaching it this semester.  It's a bizarre, narcissistic pseudo-autobiogra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12679591">more...</a>]]></body>
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