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I had been resisting reading this book for our book club though it's been proposed twice. It's been a good surprise: first off, it's a translation from French (the author is Belgian); second, the author spent part of her childhood in Japan (having been born in Kobe) so she's not some nobody writing about a foreign country; and third, it has won some French literature prizes.
The novel concentrates fully on the narrator's description of working as a foreigner in a large Japanese company. At one po ...more
The novel concentrates fully on the narrator's description of working as a foreigner in a large Japanese company. At one po ...more
Отново иронична Амели Нотамб, като в ,,Козметика на врага,,. Тук на едно място се засмях високо, което рядко ми се случва при четене. Оценявам!
Not what I was planning to read, but I needed something light after Eddy Belleguele, and it was nice to return to a beginning-middle-end kind of novel. I resonate with absurd office culture scenarios and relationships, so I laughed a lot. It was extra funny once I realized that Amélie, the narrator—just realized it's her own author name, too, wow—reminded me of Noémie Leclerc, one of the assistant characters in Call My Agent / Dix pour cent 🤣.
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Interesting read and so intrinsically revealing. The dark irony alone makes this a gem of a read. If you are a Westerner who has ever worked in this type of environment, you will enjoy this. If you aren't you will still greatly enjoy this.
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Nov 04, 2008
Ching-In
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Feb 03, 2011
SandyC
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Feb 15, 2011
Vesra (When She Reads)
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Jan 04, 2013
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Juliana Philippa
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