Comments on Madeleine's Book & Photo Blog: THE LIFE OF HUNGER by Amelie Nothomb

Yes, I can read them in French, they're not to...

2009-09-15T07:41:47.399-04:00

Yes, I can read them in French, they're not too difficult (my personal struggle when I read in French is slang). I'm pretty sure I saw at least "Metaphisique des tubes" in the interntional bookshop I often go to!

To paperback reading, I liked THE LIFE OF HUNGER ...

2009-09-14T09:21:59.248-04:00

To paperback reading,

I liked THE LIFE OF HUNGER a lot, it might be one of her best novel even so there are some really good ones.

Let me know how you liked THE LIFE OF HUNGER

Have a wonderful week!

Hi Stefania, Journal d'Hirondelle" is pe...

2009-09-14T09:18:07.531-04:00

Hi Stefania,

Journal d'Hirondelle" is perhaps one of the few novels Amelie Nothomb has written which had her fans disappointed. It deals with some violence which is not usual for her.

being French I have read pretty much all her novels and some are just a lot of fun to read, if you can read them in French, here are a few you might like and which might give you a better idea of this unique novelist:

METAPHISIQUE DES TUBES
PEBLUM
STUPEUR ET TREMBLEMENT
COSMETIQUE DE L'ENEMI
HYGIENE DE L'ASSASSIN
NI D'EVE NI D'ADAM

Greetings from the States :D

I've only read one of her books: "Journal...

2009-09-14T08:26:13.169-04:00

I've only read one of her books: "Journal d'Hirondelle". It was strange, but interesting and unusual. I didn't know that she was Belgian and that she had an itinerant childhood (it seems to be the case of quite a few writers, I wonder if by chance or not). I'd like to read this book, one small book such as "Journal d'Hirondelle" is not enough to understand if I like Amélie Nothomb or not.
Greetings from Italy!

Amelie Nothomb has been popping up for me online a...

2009-09-14T07:39:48.023-04:00

Amelie Nothomb has been popping up for me online and in bookshops recently but I hadn't yet read anything she'd written. Thanks to your review I have requested The Life of Hunger from my library and I look forward to reading it.