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The Life of Hunger
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'The Life of Hunger' is a novel by Belgian author Amlie Nothomb. It was first published in 2004.
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"The inhabitants of Vanuatu have never been hungry." They don't know the feelings that hunger causes as everything is within their reach. As a result, they become idle.
Amlie exists in a permanent state of starvation. She tries by any means to overcome the emptiness which defines her (see The Character of Rain). She intoxicates herself by observing the World's beauty; the hills beyond her Japanese garden, her sister's beauty, the gentleness of her nanny's hugs, the drunken rush from races, or an internal journey into emptiness. Or simply by filling up with water: Potomania.
Amlie is obsessed by hunger. It dominates her life. Can she resist this servitude or will anorexia be her downfall?[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/ameacutelie-nothomb-memoir-of-a-megalomaniac-6095442.html Independent.co.uk, Nothomb: Memoir of a megalomaniac, July 14, 2006][http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/nothomba/biofaim.htm Complete-review][https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/aug/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview24 The Guardian.com, Michle Roberts, August 12, 2006][https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3654008/A-writers-life-Amelie-Nothomb.html Telegraph.co.uk, "A writer's life Amlie Nothomb" by Jasper Rees, 23 Jul 2006][http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/feeding-a-teenager-s-appetite-for-knowledge-1-1413405 Scotsman "Feeding a teenager's appetite for knowledge" 09 July, 2006][https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3653545/The-God-in-chocolate-things.html Telegraph.co.uk , Carol Ann Duffy , "The God in chocolate things", 02 Jul, 2006][http://www.smh.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-life-of-hunger/2006/10/27/1161749302371.html?page=fullpage Sydney Morning Heraald, John Hughes, "A voracious appetite for the magic of childhood", October 28, 2006]
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