Tokyo Fiancée

Tokyo Fiancée (French: Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam "Neither Eve nor Adam") is a novel by the Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb. It appeared on 20 August 2007 published by Éditions Albin Michel. A film adaptation was released in 2014.

For the 2014 film, see Tokyo Fiancée (film).
Tokyo Fiancée
First edition
AuthorAmélie Nothomb
Original titleNi d'Ève ni d'Adam
TranslatorAlison Anderson
CountryBelgium
LanguageFrench
GenreNovel
PublisherAlbin Michel
Publication date
2007
Pages238
ISBN978-2-226-17964-7

Plot

An autobiographical novel, Tokyo Fiancée describes a romance that a 21-year-old Belgian woman Amélie had with a young Japanese man in Tokyo, when she was tutoring him in French language. The novel is partially concurrent with Nothomb's earlier novel, Fear and Trembling.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Awards

The novel was nominated for the Prix Goncourt in 2007 and the Prix Renaudot 2007. It won Prix de Flore in 2007.

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References
  1. Quarterly conversation. com, Review by Matthew Jakubowski
  2. Fay, Sarah (January 2, 2009). "East Meets West, East Loses West". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
  3. Complete-Review
  4. Seattle Time old, Michael Upchurch, "Tokyo Fiancée" is a wacky cultural romp", 2009
  5. Asian review of books
  6. Boston Globe
  7. Seeing the World through books
  8. The Japan times
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