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Saviez-vous qu'un pays communiste, c'est un pays où il y a des ventilateurs ? Que de 1972 à 1975, une guerre mondiale a fait rage dans la cité-ghetto de San Li Tun, à Pékin ? Qu'un vélo est en réalité un cheval ? Que passé la puberté, tout le reste n'est qu'un épilogue ? Vous l'apprendrez et bien d'autres choses encore dans ce roman inclassable, épique et drôle, fantastique et tragique, qui nous conte aussi une histoire d'amour authentique, absolu, celui qui peut naître dans un coeur de sept ans. Un sabotage amoureux : sabotage, comme sous les sabots d'un cheval qui est un vélo... Avec ce roman, son deuxième livre, Amélie Nothomb s'est imposée comme un des noms les plus prometteurs de la jeune génération littéraire.
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Thoughtful presentation of the world of a child, Sep 29 2005
By Mary S. Bernard - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: SABOTAGE AMOUREUX (LE) (Mass Market Paperback)
In this autobiographical novel, Amelie Nothomb presents with verve and veracity the world as she sees it at seven years old. While set in China, where she lived from the age of 5 to 8, very little treatment of China itself is possible for her, given her age and isolation (like all foreigners at the time) from the Chinese. "Loving Sabotage" portrays the author, hopelessly "in love" (in the way we know love in childhood, not romantically) with a seemingly distant, unreachable 6-year-old Italian beauty. As she struggles to make sense of the sudden shift of the center of the world from herself to Elena the lovely Italian, we as readers are treated to a look through her own world of imagination, the world of the ghetto and the ongoing "war" between children of rival nationalities, and her humorous yet poignant attempts to be noticed by Elena. This book will bring back that perspective of childhood that most of us lose awareness of, but which Nothomb revives admirably.
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Enchanting Moments, Mar 15 2009
By Sharvul - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sabotage Amoureux (Le) Livre (Paperback)
I just finished reading Le Sabotage Amoureux by Amelie Nothomb (English title: Loving Sabotage). This is the second book I've read by Nothomb. The first was Fear and Trembling.Nothomb's writing is simple and flowing, yet she manages to surprise the reader with deep insights into everyday situations and happenings. In Le Sabotage Amoureux she writes from the perspective of a small girl, daughter to a Belgian diplomat, growing up in the early 70s in Beijing, China.
Based on her own experiences as a child, Nothomb succeeds to expose the intricacies of a child's mind and its charming imagination: skirmishes between children become an all-out war, a bicycle becomes a galloping horse and an infatuation with another girl becomes a dramatic love story.
Apparently, Nothomb has become somewhat of a cult figure among readers in francophone countries. It's easy to see why. Treat yourself to some enchanting moments with this short and delightful book.
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le sabotage amoureux, Oct 18 2010
By Agathe Crocquet - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: SABOTAGE AMOUREUX (LE) (Mass Market Paperback)
I NEVER received this book : Le Sabotage Amoureux. So I did not read it!!Instead i received a second copy of Stupeur Et Tremblement.
Amelie Nathomb is extraordinary. She writes a beautiful sophisticated perfect French full of nostalgic and sometimes sarcastic humor.
For a French native it is a nectar.
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