Amélie Nothomb

The Japanese believe that until the age of three, children are gods, each one a 'Lord Child'. On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of humanity. Narrated by a child - from the age of two and a half up until her third birthday - this novel reveals that the move from deity to ordinary member of …

Mercure (Nothomb) is a Belgian novel by Amélie Nothomb. It was first published in 1998.