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Tokyo Fiancée
Amélie Nothomb, Alison Anderson (translator)
Europa Editions
ISBN: 978-1-933372-64-8
Pub. date: February 2009
160 pages
Size: 5.25 x 8.25
Price: $15.00


 
May 30 2009 - Lotus Reads: "a contemporary love story, where the woman's love of independence trumps her desire to be loved and needed."

May 05 2009 - Raintaxi: "Nothomb offers no false resolution of the novel’s conflict between personal freedom and emotional intimacy, and this unresolved tension makes Tokyo Fiancée convincing and compelling."

April 04 2009 - Amélie Nothomb Live on the Leonard Lopate Show

February 19 2009 - The Asian Review of Books: "Tokyo Fiancee is sparse, sardonic, intelligent, cross-culturally aware, simultaneously detached and engage"

February 19 2009 - The Temple News: "Tokyo Fiancée is either a love story about language or a language story about love."

February 15 2009 - Metropolis (Japan): "Nothomb skillfully uses the pair’s language exchange and intercultural relationship to offer deep insights into, and make sharp comments on, Japanese traditional culture and Bubble Era society."

February 09 2009 - Globe and Mail: "a melancholic, coy, and wry little book."

February 09 2009 - Financial Times: "Tokyo Fiancée is a light, lovely little romance, winningly told and entertaining."

January 19 2009 - Philadelphia Inquirer: "One of the smartest, happiest, most hopeful passages I've read recently is Nothomb's graceful discussion of what she felt for her Japanese boyfriend, Rinri."

January 15 2009 - Mostly Fiction: "This novel is simple, light reading, but it contains important observations about the minefields of cultural misunderstanding that sometimes arise between even the most committed lovers."

January 13 2009 - LA Times: "Soon, between the sake and the cherry blossoms, [the protagonists] are in a relationship, exquisite and strange; bound by politeness, respect and a love for language."

January 12 2009 - New York times Book Review (Editor's Choice): "Nothomb’s novel traces the delightfully absurd affair between a Belgian language teacher and her Japanese student."

January 10 2009 - Seattle TImes: "Soufflé-light yet scalpel-sharp, this tale of the pitfalls of language barriers and the pleasures of culture shock is a page-turning treat."

January 06 2009 - Boston Globe: "While the plot and its tender ending are moving, it is Amélie’s amused appreciation of Japanese culture that captures and holds a reader's attention."

January 06 2009 - New York Times: "[A] spare, elegant novel."

December 09 2008 - Shelf Awareness: "A beguiling, smart take on cross-cultural romance, set in Tokyo."

December 03 2008 - Publishers Weekly: "Nicely told, intimate and honest, the book depicts perfectly a nontraditional romance."

December 03 2008 - Complete Review: "A pleasant and amusing tale."

November 20 2008 - Kirkus Reviews: "Nothomb succeeds in giving us an alternative but still charming vision of romantic love."

June 18 2008 - The Guardian: Interview with Amélie Nothomb, author of Tokyo Fiancée