Larger	The Character of Rain Author: Amelie Nothomb
	Book Information Publisher: Gardners Books Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 2 Rating: ? ISBN-13: 9780571220496 - ISBN-10: 0571220495 Publication Date: 11/4/2004

The Japanese believe that until the age of three children, whether Japanese or not, are gods, each one an okosama, or “lord child.” On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of the human race. In Amélie Nothomb’s new novel The Character of Rain, we learn that divinity is a difficult thing from which to recover.