Books by Annie Ernaux (8)
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A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux EN
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WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A 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 Normandy town, and who died in the geriatric ward of a hospital in the suburbs of Paris." She explores the bond between mother and daughter, tenuous and unshakable at once, the alienating worlds that ... continue
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A partir de recuerdo de la muerte del padre, la narradora (la autora) reconstruye un collage que pretende retratar y rescatar su vida. La de su padre y su madre, hijos de campesinos analfabetos, que con mucho esfuerzo logran forjarse una condición de comerciantes, de ser parte de una clase media a la que entran pidiendo permiso. Y la determinación de que su hija sea aún mejor que ellos.
Todo contado con la narrativa recatada, sentida y a la vez profunda de Ernaux.
Una novela maravillosa.
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Translated from the French by Tanya Leslie 'Absolutely extraordinary' - Liberation In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and single, realises she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague. Understanding that her pregnancy will mark her and her family as social failures, she knows she cannot keep her child. This is the story, written forty years later, of a trauma Ernaux never overcame. Abortion was illegal at the time and she attempted, in vain, to self-administer with a knitting needle and nearly died. An exceptionally moving account of a tragic experience.
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La vergüenza by Annie Ernaux ES
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"Mi padre intentó matar a mi madre un domingo de junio. Fue a primera hora de la tarde."
Así comienza la narración de esta niña de doce años, evocada en el recuerdo, y que irá acompañada de otros recuerdos de ese tiempo, fragmentarios, aislados pero fuertemente grabados y asociados entre sí. Y el hilo que los une es esta sensación de vergüenza, de sentir que su vida fuera de casa es una puesta en escena; de vivir como intrusos en medio de un sector social al que no pertenecen. El otro elemento es la sensación... continue
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Les armoires vides by Annie Ernaux FR
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Etudiante en lettres, l'auteure se remémore la période où affligée par sa famille de tous les vices, elle en vient à la détester et se trouve confrontée à l'expérience difficile de l'avortement.
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Shame (La honte) by Annie Ernaux FR
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J'ai toujours eu envie d'écrire des livres dont il me soit ensuite impossible de parler, qui rendent le regard d'autrui insoutenable. Mais quelle honte pourrait m'apporter l'écriture d'un livre qui soit à la hauteur de ce que j'ai éprouvé dans ma douzième année.
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WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Shortlisted 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 2008 The Years is a personal narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present—even projections into the future—photos, books, songs, radio, television and decades of advertising, headlines, contrasted with intimate conflicts and writing notes from 6 decades of diaries. Local dialect, words of the times, slogans, brands and n... continue