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The Character of Rain

Published
Apr 2002
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General Fiction General Fiction
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144

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The Japanese believe that until the age of three children, whether Japanese or not, 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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Apr 2003 Griffin ISBN 0312302487
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Jan 2005 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN 0571220495
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First Edition Apr 2002 St. Martin's ISBN 0312286007
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Apr 2007 St. Martin's ISBN 1429978961
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