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Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française ぐらん・ぷり・でゅ・ろまん(あかでみー・ふらんせーず)

Edition 85 (1999, held 2 times in year)

Literature prizeNovelFrench literature

Winners

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Amélie Nothomb あめりー・のとん Winner

A young Belgian woman who goes to Japan to work at the Yumimoto Corporation is drawn into a satirical story about hierarchy, alienation, and the loss of self.

In a workplace where East and West collide, the heroine encounters humiliation, absurdity, and dark comedy.

144 pages
cross-cultural conflictworkplacesatirealienation