Title: Métaphysique des tubes
First published: 2002
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 Amelie Nothomb's new novel, The Character of Rain, we learn that divinity is a difficult thing from which to recover, particularly if, like the child in this story, you have spent the first two and a half years of life in a nearly vegetative state."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Children, Japanese National characteristics, Fiction, Fiction, general, Belgians, Belgian fiction (French), Novel, Women Authors, Literature, Wit and humor in literature, French fiction, Kleinkind, Belgier, Roman, Ausgabe, Französisch, Belletristische Darstellung
Places: French-speaking countries, Japan
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PQ2674.O778 M4813 2002, PQ2674.O778 M48 2000