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In this autobiographical story, the main character amelie is a belgian girl who works within the prestigious company yumimoto in japan. The first edition of the novel was published in august 1999, and was written by amelie nothomb. Door gebruik te maken van of door hieronder op akkoord te klikken, ga je akkoord met onze gebruiksvoorwaarden en geef je toestemming voor het gebruik van cookies. Stupeur et tremblements is, readers are told late in the book, the humble and scared attitude the fear and trembling with which one addresses the japanese emperor, the ultimate figure of authority.
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