Ступни и трепет Амели Нотомб

In 1990, in Japan, Amélie was hired as a translator at Yumimoto, an import-export company. Thinks ?? her dream of living like a Japanese will come true. But she very quickly feels that the reality of the Yumimoto system is subject to laws other than those she desires. "Stupeur et Tremblements" is a retrospective account of the experience of alienation experienced by Amélie Nothomb in a Japanese company. The author decided to treat this romantic episode in a humorous, sometimes ironic way, making the reader laugh at the events that are, however, traumatic. How might an individual respond to a group's humiliation process? How to deal with violence and madness Other? How can you resist them with words? So many questions that students will be able to deepen by reflecting on different ways of expressing themselves (story, internal monologues, argumentative dialogues) and working on style. The book also offers a look at the film adaptation of Alain Corneau, followed by an exclusive interview with Amélie Nothomb and Sylvie Testud.