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Amélie Nothomb

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in Etterbeek, Belgium

July 09, 1966

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Amélie Nothomb, born Fabienne Claire Nothomb, was born in Etterbeek, Belgium on 9 July 1966, to Belgian diplomats. Although Nothomb claims to have been born in Japan, she actually began living in Japan at the age of two until she was five years old. Subsequently, she lived in China, New York, Bangladesh, Burma, the United Kingdom (Coventry) and Laos.
She is from a distinguished Belgian political family; she is notably the grand-niece of Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, a Belgian foreign minister (1980-1981). Her first novel, Hygiène de l'assassin, was published in 1992. Since then, she has published approximately one novel per year with a.o. Les Catilinaires (1995), Stupeur Et Tremblements (1999) and Métaphysique des tubes (2000).
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	Stupeur et tremblements 3.73 avg rating — 33,100 ratings — published 1999 — 144 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Métaphysique des tubes 3.92 avg rating — 14,019 ratings — published 2000 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hygiène de l'assassin 3.77 avg rating — 14,442 ratings — published 1992 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cosmétique de l'ennemi 3.89 avg rating — 10,966 ratings — published 2001 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam 3.73 avg rating — 9,896 ratings — published 2007 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Acide sulfurique 3.59 avg rating — 9,241 ratings — published 2005 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Biographie de la faim 3.82 avg rating — 7,401 ratings — published 2004 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antichrista by Amélie Nothomb, Shaun Whiteside (Translator) 3.40 avg rating — 7,987 ratings — published 2003 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frappe-toi le cœur 3.90 avg rating — 6,149 ratings — published 2017 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mercure 3.69 avg rating — 6,406 ratings — published 1998 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it.”
― Amelie Nothomb

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“Il n'y a rien de gentil à laisser de faux espoirs. L'ambiguïté est la source de la douleur.”
― Amélie Nothomb, Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam

tags: relationships

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“Il y a des beautés qui sautent aux yeux et d'autres qui sont écrites en hyéroglyphes: on met du temps à déchiffrer leur splendeur mais, quand elle est apparue, elle est plus belle que la beauté.”
― Amélie Nothomb

tags: amour, beauté

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The Name of the Wind

af Patrick Rothfuss

7 votes 29.2%

Kadaverdoktoren

af Lene Kaaberbøl

6 votes 25.0%

World War Z

af Max Brooks

4 votes 16.7%

The Book Thief

af Markus Zusak

3 votes 12.5%

Undtagelsen

af Christian Jungersen

2 votes 8.3%

Fear and Trembling

af Amélie Nothomb

1 vote 4.2%

The Invisible Man

af H.G. Wells

1 vote 4.2%

The Snow Child

af Eowyn Ivey

0 votes 0.0%

Blodlag

af Johan Theorin

0 votes 0.0%

A Monster Calls

af Patrick Ness

0 votes 0.0%

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