Antichrista (original 2004; edition 2005)

by Amelie Nothomb

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When lonely sixteen-year-old university student Blanche meets the dazzling Christa, she is swept off her feet.

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Title:	Antichrista
Authors:	Amelie Nothomb
Info:	Faber & Faber (2005), Edition: First English Language Edition, Paperback, 140 pages
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Puede que, detrás de toda la historia, se encuentre una reflexión interesante que no se ha profundizado lo suficiente. El estilo empleado me ha resultado frío, casi rozando lo infantil y con poca elegancia. Sí que es cierto que he encontrado algunas pinceladas espléndidas en alguna parte que, casi, parecían desentonar. También se logra sentir la misma claustrofobia de Blanche en esa situación tan esperpéntica… pero poco más. Lo superfluo de la narrativa se extrapola a los personajes y al argumento. A pesar de que la idea puede generar interés, se queda bailando a medias, sin el ritmo correcto. Sin gracia.

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MiriamBeizana | Dec 3, 2018 |

How can a non-entity become more of a non-entity? How can those who should love and value you more than anyone else turn instead to someone else? What can be more painful than being sixteen and having no friends. Read ANTICHRISTA to find out. (

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ruthmarler | Oct 25, 2015 |

Antéchrista is a delightful game of psychological-cat-and-introverted-mouse built on the skeleton of an almost-serendipitous friendship between two teenage girls in their first year at university. This being Nothomb, events rapidly spiral into the playfully unexpected, shedding rapid-fire dialogues along the way.

I've read this book in four languages now, and I've enjoyed it every time. And even though nothing magical or unexplainable happens, Nothomb's novellas are set in a world that exudes a sense of quirky magical realism, a sense of the world -- and people's thoughts and behaviours -- being ever so slightly off kilter. They're a joy to read, in the sense that they make you feel like you're about to smile but not quite, because you're too focused on what twist the protagonists' train of thought is going to take in the next paragraph. (

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Petroglyph | May 27, 2013 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Amélie Nothomb	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Arijs, Marijke	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Große, Brigitte	Übersetzer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Pàmies, Sergi	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Whiteside, Shaun	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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When lonely sixteen-year-old university student Blanche meets the dazzling Christa, she is swept off her feet.

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Blanche er 16, men går på universitetet. Selv i Bruxelles er det ungt. Christa er også 16, men hun virker meget ældre. Hun udstråler selvtillid og har masser af venner. Blanche vil helst være alene med sine bøger. Eller det er hun i hvertfald. Indtil Christa beslutter sig for, at hun kan bruges. Blanche føler sig beæret over Christas opmærksomhed og på en eller anden måde ender det med, at hun skal overnatte hjemme hos Blanche om mandagen. For Christa bor langt væk og skal derfor op kl. 4 for at nå til timer kl. 8. Gab. Blanches forældre er vilde med den glade og larmende Christa. Hvorfor kan Blanche ikke være mere som hende? Det siger de! Flere gange! Christa snakker ikke om sin familie. Men de er fattige. Sociale tilfælde. Men kæresten Detlev ligner David Bowie. Til sidst flytter Christa helt ind. Og bare sådan er det hende, der er datteren i huset. Blanche bliver usynlig. Hendes forældre forguder Christa. Men Blanche har luret hende. I vikeligheden er hun Antichrista. Og det skal bevises…

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