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WINNER OF THE 2021 RENAUDOT PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2022 STREGA EUROPEAN PRIZEA WORLD LITERATURE TODAY NOTABLE BOOK 2023A moving fictionalized account of Nothomb's own father, who died of Covid related symptoms in early 2020, this is the acclaimed author's most personal and heartfelt novel.The Republic of the Congo, 1964. A young man faces a firing squad, preparing for his last moment on Earth. He is known as a complex and complicated man whose chi...

Amélie Nothomb brings humor, intelligence, and a refreshing honesty to this highly autobiographical work. Her storytelling appeals to those who feel that their own immediate and personal sense of love is seldom adequately represented in popular fiction. Amélie is a young language teacher living in Tokyo. When she succumbs to the attentions of her one and only student-the shy, wealthy, and sincere Rinri-the two find themselves in an vibrant aff...

The Gospel according to Amelie

In her twenty-eighth novel in as many years, best-selling Belgian novelist and international literary superstar Amélie Nothomb takes on a story for the ages: the life of Jesus. In a first-person voice as droll and irreverent as it is wise, Nothomb narrates Jesus's final days, from his trial to his crucifixion to the resurrection. Amid asides about his relationships with his mother and Judas, his love for Mary Magdalene, and his many miracles, ...

The most destructive mechanisms of the soul, laid bare.

A novel about travel, champagne and women's friendship, that plays out between Paris, London and beyond. Translated by Alison Anderson. 'Read Amelie Nothomb! It's a bit like opening a bag full of surprises.' "Le-Globe Lecteur