Métaphysique des tubes

Until the age of two and a half, Amélie describes herself as an inert and vegetative digestive tube. Then comes the founding event that plunges her into the world of childhood. For six months, she discovers language, parents, siblings, Japanese nannies, the paradisiacal garden, passions (Japan and water), disgust (carp), seasons, and time. All that, from the age of three, constitutes the human person forever. For at that age, everything is played out, happiness as well as tragedy... This is the message that this black-eyed baby sends us, observing the world with acuity. An acuity coupled with a sense of irony that is both amused and desperate, which is the singularity of Amélie Nothomb.