num_pages: 144
description: According to ancient Japanese protocol, foreigners deigning to approach the emperor did so only with fear and trembling. Terror and self-abasement conveyed respect. Amélie, our well-intentioned and eager young Western heroine, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfillment of a dream for Amélie; working there turns into comic nightmare. Alternately disturbing and hilarious, unbelievable and shatteringly convincing, Fear and Trembling will keep readers clutching tight to the pages of this taut little novel, caught up in the throes of fear, trembling, and, ultimately, delight.
language: English
title: Fear and Trembling
titlecomplete: Fear and Trembling
genres: French Literature, Novels, Roman, Literature, Japan, Belgian, Fiction, Belgium, Contemporary, France
ratings_count: 34388
places: Japan, Tokyo
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Prix des libraires du Québec
category: Lauréats hors Québec, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin