Tokyo Fiancée
Tokyo Fiancée (French: Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam "Neither Eve nor Adam") is a novel by the Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb. It appeared on 20 August 2007 published by Éditions Albin Michel. A film adaptation was released in 2014.
 First edition | |
| Author | Amélie Nothomb |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam |
| Translator | Alison Anderson |
| Country | Belgium |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Albin Michel |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Pages | 238 |
| ISBN | 978-2-226-17964-7 |
Plot
An autobiographical novel, Tokyo Fiancée describes a romance that a 21-year-old Belgian woman Amélie had with a young Japanese man in Tokyo, when she was tutoring him in French language. The novel is partially concurrent with Nothomb's earlier novel, Fear and Trembling.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Awards
The novel was nominated for the Prix Goncourt in 2007 and the Prix Renaudot 2007. It won Prix de Flore in 2007.
References
- Quarterly conversation. com, Review by Matthew Jakubowski
- Fay, Sarah (January 2, 2009). "East Meets West, East Loses West". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
- Complete-Review
- Seattle Time old, Michael Upchurch, "Tokyo Fiancée" is a wacky cultural romp", 2009
- Asian review of books
- Boston Globe
- Seeing the World through books
- The Japan times
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