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Métaphysique des tubes

by Amélie Nothomb

2000 144 pages eng ★ 3.4 (7 ratings)

"The Japanese believe that until the age of three, children, whether Japanese or not, are gods, each one an okosama, or "lord child." On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of the human race. In Amelie Nothomb's new novel, The Character of Rain, we learn that divinity is a di…

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