With amazement and trembling

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With amazement and trembling (original title Stupeur et Tremblements ) is the title of a novel by the Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb . The author received the “ Grand Prix du Roman ” of the Académie française for the work published in 1999 . In 2000, a German translation by Wolfgang Krege was published by Diogenes Verlag .

content

European Amélie, who spent her childhood in Japan, gets a job in a large Japanese company. However, it is not completed by the tasks assigned to it. Her behavior, which is unorthodox by Japanese standards, leads, after a game of intrigue by her superiors, to Amélie's "demotion" to the toilet woman . However, other employees of the company show solidarity with her and she learns to use humor to break through the malevolences directed against her.

filming

In 2003 the novel was made into a film by the director Alain Corneau . The comedy was created as a French-Japanese co-production.

literature

  • Amélie Nothomb: With amazement and tremors , Diogenes Verlag, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-257-06250-8