num_pages: 144
description: The Japanese believe that until the age of three children, whether Japanese or not, are gods, each one an okosama, or "lord child." On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of the human race. In Amélie Nothomb's new novel The Character of Rain , we learn that divinity is a difficult thing from which to recover.
language: English
title: The Character of Rain
titlecomplete: The Character of Rain
genres: Fiction, France, French Literature, Roman, Japan, Belgium, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Belgian
ratings_count: 14619
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Premio San Clemente Rosalía-Abanca
category: Lingua estranxeira
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin