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Kathrin Müller-Lance
Amélie Nothomb is there five minutes before the agreed appointment. With the crimson lips and Snow White complexion, she’s easy to spot at La Coupole, one of those quintessential Parisian brasseries with seafood on display and open from early morning to midnight. Now it’s 10:55 a.m. – and that’s the perfect time for a glass of champagne, she thinks.