The Life of Hunger

Amélie Nothomb
Translated by Shaun Whiteside

The Life of Hunger by Amelie Nothomb is the latest novel from the French megastar, now in paperback.

Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780571229543
Date Published
05.07.2007
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Summary

In a wistful, funny, clever, and eccentric fictional memoir, Amélie Nothomb casts herself as hunger – in all its many guises. Recounting the formative journeys of her youth, from Tokyo to Peking to Paris to New York, The Life of Hunger is a brilliant and moving examination of the self.

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Belgian by nationality, Amélie Nothomb was born in Kobe, Japan, and currently lives in Paris. Described by Time Magazine as ‘prolific and ingenious’, she is the best-selling author of numerous novels, translated into over thirty languages, including Fear and Trembling which won the Grand Prix of the Académie Française and the Prix Internet du Livre, and The Book of Proper…

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