Fear and Trembling

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FEAR AND TREMBLING. Copyright © 1999 by Editions Albin Michel S.A. Translation copyright © 2001 by Adriana Hunter. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y 10010.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Nothomb, Amélie

[Stupeur et tremblements. English]

Fear and trembling / Amélie Nothomb ; translated by Adriana Hunter

p. cm.

ISBN 0-312-27218-9 (hc)

ISBN 0-312-28857-3 (pbk)

I. Hunter, Adriana. II. Title.

PQ2674.0778 S7813 2001

843’.914—dc2I 00-045967

First published in France under the title Stupeur et tremblements by Editions Albin Michel S.A.

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