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 …

Stupore e tremori è un romanzo della scrittrice belga Amélie Nothomb, pubblicato nel 1999 e da lei stessa definito autobiografico. Nel 1999 ricevette il Grand Prix du roman dell'Académie française.