{"product_id":"fear-and-trembling-9780312288570","title":"Fear and Trembling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlternately disturbing and hilarious, unbelievable and shatteringly convincing, Am lie Nothomb's\u003ci\u003e Fear and Trembling\u003c\/i\u003e will keep readers clutching tight to the pages of this taut little novel, caught up in the throes of fear, trembling, and, ultimately, delight. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to ancient Japanese protocol, foreigners deigning to approach the emperor did so only with fear and trembling. Terror and self-abasement conveyed respect. Am lie, our well-intentioned and eager young Western heroine, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfillment of a dream for Am lie; working there turns into comic nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBelgian by nationality, \u003cb\u003eAmelie Nothomb \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Kobe, Japan, and currently lives in Paris. She is the author of eight novels, translated into fourteen languages. \u003ci\u003eFear and Trembling\u003c\/i\u003e won the Grand Prix of the Academie Francaise and the Prix Internet du Livre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662150963474,"sku":"9780312288570","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3cb945c9-8b1f-47e4-9838-076037e9f471.jpg?v=1733514134","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fear-and-trembling-9780312288570","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}