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Amélie Nothomb


Born
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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Average rating: 3.67 · 191,486 ratings · 17,219 reviews · 109 distinct worksSimilar authors
Stupeur et tremblements

3.73 avg rating — 33,100 ratings — published 1999 — 144 editions
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Métaphysique des tubes

3.92 avg rating — 14,019 ratings — published 2000 — 72 editions
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Hygiène de l'assassin

3.77 avg rating — 14,442 ratings — published 1992 — 77 editions
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Cosmétique de l'ennemi

3.89 avg rating — 10,966 ratings — published 2001 — 53 editions
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Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam

3.73 avg rating — 9,896 ratings — published 2007 — 66 editions
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Acide sulfurique

3.59 avg rating — 9,241 ratings — published 2005 — 46 editions
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Biographie de la faim

3.82 avg rating — 7,401 ratings — published 2004 — 43 editions
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Frappe-toi le cœur

3.90 avg rating — 6,149 ratings — published 2017 — 49 editions
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Mercure

3.69 avg rating — 6,406 ratings — published 1998 — 44 editions
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“God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it.”
Amelie Nothomb

“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

“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

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The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss
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Kadaverdoktoren
Kadaverdoktoren by Lene Kaaberbøl
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World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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Undtagelsen
Undtagelsen by Christian Jungersen
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  2 votes 8.3%

Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling by Amélie Nothomb
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  1 vote 4.2%

The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man  by H.G. Wells
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Blodläge by Johan Theorin
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