{"product_id":"fear-and-trembling-9780312288570","title":"Fear and Trembling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlternately disturbing and hilarious, unbelievable and shatteringly convincing, Am lie Nothomb's\u003ci\u003e Fear and Trembling\u003c\/i\u003e will keep readers clutching tight to the pages of this taut little novel, caught up in the throes of fear, trembling, and, ultimately, delight. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to ancient Japanese protocol, foreigners deigning to approach the emperor did so only with fear and trembling. Terror and self-abasement conveyed respect. Am lie, our well-intentioned and eager young Western heroine, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfillment of a dream for Am lie; working there turns into comic nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312288570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Amelie Nothomb","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635820654748,"sku":"9780312288570","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1c8ef0f1-7a22-42b8-95db-043d73afecdd.jpg?v=1603840618","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fear-and-trembling-9780312288570","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}