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Amélie Nothomb is one of Europe's most successful and controversial authors. She wrote Hygiene and the Assasin, her first published novel, when se was only twenty-five, and it became an instant bestseller across Europe.
Prétextat Tach, Nobel Prize winner and one of the world's most renowned novelists, has two months…
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1 author picked Hygiene and the Assassin as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I enjoy when misogynist, mansplaining jerks get what they deserve (What? you ask. Spoiler alert, and to quote Inigo Montoya: “humiliations galore”). I’ve been subjected to the presence of men who think they’re smart, funny, and engaging but who are, in fact, none of those things, and let me tell you, I’d rather dig my own liver out with a spoon than waste another minute of my time with them.
I loved reading this book because the intellectual smackdown brought to the main character by a young woman superior to him in every way makes for riveting reading. Nothing…
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