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  Fear and Trembling (Paperback) By (author) Amélie Nothomb

  

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  Short Description for Fear and Trembling'Fear and Trembling' tells the story of a young woman who spends a year working at a Japanese firm. She soon learns that at the Yumimoto Corporation hierarchy means everything, and her time there soon turns into a comic nightmare of terror and self-abasement.
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  • Publisher: Faber and Faber
  • Published: 19 August 2004
  • Format: Paperback 132 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780571220489 ISBN 10: 0571220487
  • Sales rank: 49,618

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Full description for Fear and Trembling

• Amelie, a well-intentioned and eager young westerner, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfilment of a dream for Amelie, but working there turns into a comic nightmare of terror and self-abasement. Disturbing, hilarious and totally convincing Fear and Trembling displays an elegant and shrewd understanding of the intricate ways Japanese relationships are made and spoiled.