Be the first to rate and review this book! This might help as a guide.For me the ending feels so right. I loved this book, but it broke my heart. She was twenty-one that year, a recent college graduate seeking her emotional roots, and she had just returned to Japan, where she was born and lived with her diplomat parents for the first five years of her life. Really great read, enjoyed it very much! $11.99 . I couldn't get enough. Her writing is sublime. The clash of culture quickly arises when she meets his parents. While I would not go that far, I do acknowledge that there is a genius for love in the language. The authors love of Japanese mountains and countryside shine through the book and provide some of the most lyrical writing in the book. Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice Not only because Amélie has that rare gift to write freely and very expressively, but also because this book gave a very interesting point of view on this mysterious country called Japan.I'm glad I picked this book, and it's surely not the last one by Amélie Nothomb that I'm planning to read.Welcome back. With each book I find her writing more and more closer to the autobiographical bone. If you have enjoyed Fear and Trembling you will also enjoy Tokyo Fiancee. May be because it reflects how I perceive the world now. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. This one is a miss for me.

The guy doesn't really matter, aside from a few cute foibles I'll mention in passing. I was at my library when they put the film 'Tokyo Fiancee' on the shelf and my hand shot out and grabbed it in a blink of the eye. is called "Tokyo Fiancee" and centers around Amelie's love affair with a fella named Rinri while living & teaching in Japan. And my attempts at understanding left me occasionally confused. My daughter caught me and was horrified. It's not like it has any special message in it, but I don't know anything about Amélie Nothomb, but I picked this particular book on a whim and endedd up enjoying it a lot. When they first become acquainted, for example, she, as his teacher, refers to him as “vous,” instead of by the familiar “tu,” but Rinri is hurt because he wants a more intimate relationship. She writes a very wry and funny story, of her years in Tokyo and falling in love (or not) with a student there. I couldn't wait to embrace the book as soon as I read the first page. is called "Tokyo Fiancee" and centers around Amelie's love affair with a fella named Rinri while living & teaching in Japan.
I underlined nearly every sentence in the last chapter of the book.This is not my first Nothomb book.

The words and style is gorgeous but they have no substance to make them sing, unfortunately. She eats quail eggs and sea urchins; he eats salami with mayonnaise. This book is just written so beautifully that I couldn't put it down. His mother is shocked by the fact that she doesn't wear pantyhose under her dress despite the stifling Tokyo summer heat. I liked this a lot more than the last Nothomb book I read: it didn’t make me squirm-in-my-seat uncomfortable, for one thing. Portraits de Kyôto. She begins by being his sensei, his teacher, but quickly they become involved in a romance. A romance happened between a French girl (Amelie herself) and a Japanese rich boy.What am I missing here?

And this story was surely a pleasure to read. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. She might not have been in love with Rinri, but I sure was, and I did not want to leave. She seemed to just assume, in any case, that I knew all of theAmelie Nothomb is some weird mixture of French and Belgian and Japanese that I still don't quite understand. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. When she succumbs to the attentions of a student--the shy, wealthy, and oh-so-Japanese Rinri--the lovers find themselves swept along by an affair that is as unusual as it is tender.I think it is because the borders between fiction and non-fiction are diffuse. Tokyo fiancée. The relationship itself becomes the plot, and as it evolves, the author is especially careful to avoid making value judgments about either of the cultures as she explores complex issues of the heart.