Amelie's The Fear And Trembling

Throughout the discussions various articles were presented, about the novel the Fear and Trembling. These discussions were salutary to my construal of the novel. Within these presentations I learned about sundry topics such as, Japanese Business, Cultures and Values, Women, Lit Analysis and the Author. The topics that furthered my construal of the novel, was the Author and Women in Japan. One of the things I learned about in the IO was the background of the Author. I was shocked to learn that between the ages of thirteen to sixteen Nothomb suffered from anorexia. Verbally expressing that her weight at her lowest was eighty pounds. This helps me understand that Amelie's obsession with the looks of Fubuki throughout the novel wasn't because