num_pages: 144
description: The Japanese believe that until the age of three, children are gods, each one a 'Lord Child'. On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of humanity. Narrated by a child - from the age of two and a half up until her third birthday - this novel reveals that the move from deity to ordinary member of the human race can be a very difficult thing indeed from which to recover.
language: English
title: The Character of Rain
titlecomplete: The Character of Rain
genres: French Literature, Novels, Roman, Literature, Japan, Belgian, Fiction, Belgium, Contemporary, France
ratings_count: 14620
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Premio San Clemente Rosalía-Abanca
category: Lingua estranxeira
publisher: Faber & Faber