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by Annie Ernaux, Rose-Marie Lagrave ...

Translated by Alison L. Strayer ...

ANNIE ERNAUX was born in Lillebonne in Normandy, France, in 1940. In 1972 she read two books by Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron, Les Héritiers and La Reproduction, which argue that the education system only exacerbates existing social inequalities. In 1974, she published her first novel, Cleaned Out, followed in 1977 by What They Say or Else and in 1981 by A Frozen Woman. In 1983, her ... Read more

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ANNIE ERNAUX was born in Lillebonne in Normandy, France, in 1940. In 1972 she read two books by Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron, Les Héritiers and La Reproduction, which argue that the education system only exacerbates existing social inequalities. In 1974, she published her first novel, Cleaned Out, followed in 1977 by What They Say or Else and in 1981 by A Frozen Woman. In 1983, her
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The Years

by Annie Ernaux ...

Translated by Alison L. Strayer ...

**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREOne of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyShortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize**Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist's defining work and a breakout bestseller when published in France in 2008The Years is a personal narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREOne of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyShortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize**Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist's defining work and a breakout bestseller when published in France in 2008The Years is a personal narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions
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Simple Passion

by Annie Ernaux ...

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**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA New York Times Notable Book**In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming passion.Blurring the line between fact and fiction, an unnamed narrator attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her 2 year relationship with a married foreigner where every word, event, ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA New York Times Notable Book**In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming passion.Blurring the line between fact and fiction, an unnamed narrator attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her 2 year relationship with a married foreigner where every word, event,
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Look at the Lights, My Love

by Annie Ernaux ...

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Series series The Margellos World Republic of Letters
**A revelatory meditation on class and consumer culture, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux“A dryly charming look at the way the French live now, through the sharp eyes of its most acclaimed chronicler.”—Kirkus Reviews**For half a century, the French writer Annie Ernaux has transgressed the boundaries of what stories are considered worth telling, what subjects worth exploring. In this probing ... Read more

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**A revelatory meditation on class and consumer culture, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux“A dryly charming look at the way the French live now, through the sharp eyes of its most acclaimed chronicler.”—Kirkus Reviews**For half a century, the French writer Annie Ernaux has transgressed the boundaries of what stories are considered worth telling, what subjects worth exploring. In this probing
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Happening

by Annie Ernaux ...

Translated by Tanya Leslie ...

**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE"Happening recounts what it was like to be a young woman whose life changed — and world ominously narrowed — in 1963 with an unwanted pregnancy. . . . It feels urgently of the moment."**--The New York TimesIn 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: Understanding that her pregnancy will mark ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE"Happening recounts what it was like to be a young woman whose life changed — and world ominously narrowed — in 1963 with an unwanted pregnancy. . . . It feels urgently of the moment."**--The New York TimesIn 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: Understanding that her pregnancy will mark
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A Man's Place

by Annie Ernaux ...

Translated by Tanya Leslie ...

**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA New York Times Notable Book**Annie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her practical examination for a teaching certificate. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection.Narrating his slow ascent towards material ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA New York Times Notable Book**Annie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her practical examination for a teaching certificate. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection.Narrating his slow ascent towards material
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The Years

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'Memory never stops. It pairs the dead with the living, real with imaginary beings, dreams with history.'She strikes a pose and the camera shutter clicks: a child playing in the debris of the Second World War. Click. A student discovering parties and men's bodies. Click. An activist fighting for the right to choose. Click. A wife picking out a velvet sofa. Click. A mother taking her eldest to judo ... Read more

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'Memory never stops. It pairs the dead with the living, real with imaginary beings, dreams with history.'She strikes a pose and the camera shutter clicks: a child playing in the debris of the Second World War. Click. A student discovering parties and men's bodies. Click. An activist fighting for the right to choose. Click. A wife picking out a velvet sofa. Click. A mother taking her eldest to judo
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The Other Girl

by Annie Ernaux ...

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**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREAnnie Ernaux’s profound investigation into the life of her mysterious older sister, who died at six, two years before Annie was born.**In the summer of 1950, when Annie Ernaux is ten, she inadvertently learns she had a sister who died at six, two years before her own birth. Having believed she was an only child, she learns that she has replaced another ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREAnnie Ernaux’s profound investigation into the life of her mysterious older sister, who died at six, two years before Annie was born.**In the summer of 1950, when Annie Ernaux is ten, she inadvertently learns she had a sister who died at six, two years before her own birth. Having believed she was an only child, she learns that she has replaced another
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A Woman's Story

by Annie Ernaux ...

Translated by Tanya Leslie ...

**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA New York Times Notable Book**"A deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age, and dreams and reality" (Kirkus Reviews)Upon her mother’s death from Alzheimer’s, Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time, as she seeks to "capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from me, born on the outskirts of a small ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA New York Times Notable Book**"A deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age, and dreams and reality" (Kirkus Reviews)Upon her mother’s death from Alzheimer’s, Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time, as she seeks to "capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from me, born on the outskirts of a small
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A Frozen Woman

by Annie Ernaux ...

Translated by Linda Coverdale ...

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA Frozen Woman charts Ernaux's teenage awakening, and then the parallel progression of her desire to be desirable and her ambition to fulfill herself in her chosen profession - with the inevitable conflict between the two.And then she is 30 years old, a teacher married to an executive, mother of two infant sons. She looks after their nice apartment, ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA Frozen Woman charts Ernaux's teenage awakening, and then the parallel progression of her desire to be desirable and her ambition to fulfill herself in her chosen profession - with the inevitable conflict between the two.And then she is 30 years old, a teacher married to an executive, mother of two infant sons. She looks after their nice apartment,
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"I Remain in Darkness"

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WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREAn extraordinary evocation of a grown daughter’s attachment to her mother, and of both women’s strength and resiliency. I Remain in Darkness recounts Annie’s attempts first to help her mother recover from Alzheimer’s disease, and then, when that proves futile, to bear witness to the older woman’s gradual decline and her own experience as a daughter ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREAn extraordinary evocation of a grown daughter’s attachment to her mother, and of both women’s strength and resiliency. I Remain in Darkness recounts Annie’s attempts first to help her mother recover from Alzheimer’s disease, and then, when that proves futile, to bear witness to the older woman’s gradual decline and her own experience as a daughter
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Do What They Say or Else

by Annie Ernaux ...

Translated by Christopher Beach, Carrie Noland ...

Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in LiteratureOriginally published in 1977, Do What They Say or Else is the second novel by French author Annie Ernaux. Set in a small town in Normandy, France, the novel tells the story of a fifteen-year-old girl named Anne, who lives with her working-class parents. The story, which takes place during the summer and fall of Anne’s transition from middle school to ... Read more

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Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in LiteratureOriginally published in 1977, Do What They Say or Else is the second novel by French author Annie Ernaux. Set in a small town in Normandy, France, the novel tells the story of a fifteen-year-old girl named Anne, who lives with her working-class parents. The story, which takes place during the summer and fall of Anne’s transition from middle school to
... Read more