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The Life of Hunger
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Life of Hunger
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Amelie Nothomb
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Translated by Shaun Whiteside
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:160 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 125 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780571229543
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| Classifications | Dewey:843.914 |
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Main
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Faber & Faber
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| Imprint |
Faber & Faber
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| Publication Date |
5 July 2007 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In a wistful, clever and unusual novel, Amelie Nothomb casts herself as hunger: hunger for experience, hunger for life, hunger for sweetness and, in what is the book's nucleus, hunger for hunger (the period during which she was afflicted by acute anorexia). 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, and perhaps Amelie's most mature and moving work to date.
Author Biography
Belgian by nationality, Amelie 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 thirteen novels, translated into thirty languages. Fear and Trembling won the Grand Prix of the Academie Francaise and the Prix Internet du Livre. The Book of Proper Names was originally published in France, as Robert Des Noms Propres, where it has sold over 250,000 copies.
Reviews"'It's clear here why the French adore her.' Carol Ann Duffy, Daily Telegraph [Book of the Week]"
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