by Amélie Nothomb · Quinteto, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495971197
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«Estupor y temblores» is the autobiographical novel by Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb, published by Quinteto in paperback (144 pages, in Spanish).
Autobiographically inspired, the novel follows Amélie, a young Belgian woman who starts working in Tokyo at Yumimoto, one of Japan's largest companies. Amid absurd tasks and daily humiliations, she descends the corporate ladder and offers an ironic look at hierarchy, cultural clash, and the place of women in the Japanese company.
With translation by Sergi Pàmies from the original «Stupeur et tremblements». April 2004 edition in the Quinteto collection, number 124.
For readers interested in Amélie Nothomb's narrative, social satire, and stories of cultural clash in the workplace.
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.
