Tokyo Fiancée

Tokyo Fiancée
Author(s)	Amélie Nothomb
Original title	Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam
Country	Belgium
Language	French
Genre(s)	Novel
Publication date	2007
Pages	238
ISBN	978-2-226-17964-7

Tokyo Fiancée (French: Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam) is a novel by the Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb. It appeared on 20 August 2007 published by Éditions Albin Michel.

Plot

An autobiographical novel, Tokyo Fiancée deals with a romance Amélie had with a young Japanese man in Tokyo, she was tutoring him in French language when she was 21 years old. The novel is partially concurrent with Nothomb's earlier novel, Fear and Trembling.

Awards

The novel was nominated for the Prix Goncourt in 2007 and the Prix Renaudot 2007. It won Prix de Flore in 2007.

References

• Fay, Sarah (January 2, 2009). "East Meets West, East Loses West". The New York Times Book Review. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/books/review/Fay-t.html. Retrieved January 19, 2010.