by Amélie Nothomb · Círculo de Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422688266
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«Estupor y temblores» is the autobiographical novel by Amélie Nothomb, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (124 pages, in Spanish).
The narrator, a young Western woman, starts working at a large Japanese company in Tokyo and clashes with rigid workplace protocol and incomprehensible hierarchies. With irony and mordant humour, Nothomb turns her experience into a portrait of cultural differences between the West and Japan and of the logic of power in the office.
Translation by Sergi Pàmies from French; the original title is «Stupeur et tremblements». This Spanish edition was published in 2001.
Given its brevity and agile tone, it is a suitable read for starting out with Amélie Nothomb and with stories of cultural clash at work.
Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb, better known by her pen name Amélie Nothomb, is a Belgian Francophone novelist. Part of her childhood was spent in Asia.
