Japan dAmélie Nothomb, this is First of all Nishio, her nanny, with whom the reunion is heartbreaking, Nishio, an old lady in her own daughters who no longer speak, who remembers every detail of childhood dAmélie, but has forgotten the drama of Fukushima. This is also Rinri, the charming young man "Neither Deve neither of Adam" lamoureux chilled quAmélie abandoned a twenty dannée earlier. The reunion is bitter-sweet ...
The author also discusses more universal sides of Japan, but which manages to make personal with its special look: the blooming cherry trees, the impact of the January 11, 2011, Tokyo, a city which does not understand and which evokes her logorrhée of a manic or Kyoto, most beautiful city in the world but gives a schizophrenic impression.
Found in "Happy Nostalgia" lautodérision author of his sometimes whimsical side: Race Point to descend Mount Fuji, however, but a picture in dune summit replica scale model, which allows it to measure its own decrepitude. The humor is always present behind the almost seismic emotional shock of reunion with the beloved country ...
