The Character of Rain
A Novel
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ISBN10: 0312302487
ISBN13: 9780312302481
Paperback
144 Pages
$16.99
CA$23.99
The Japanese believe that until the age of three children 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 Amélie Nothomb's new novel, The Character of Rain, we learn that divinity is a difficult thing from which to recover.
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Praise for The Character of Rain
"Nothomb potently distills from the state of infancy the intensity of beginnings, the precariousness, the trailed clouds of glory . . . that grow indistinct as childhood approaches."—Richard Eder, The New York Times
"Witty and original. Perhaps the best from one of Europe's finest young writers."—Kirkus Reviews
