A Woman's Story
A New York Times Notable BookA Woman's Story is Annie Ernaux's 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 separate them, and the inescapable truth that we must lose the ones…
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Weitere Autoren: Leslie, Tanya (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-60980-326-1
- EAN: 9781609803261
- Produktnummer: 15737404
- Verlag: Seven Stories Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 104 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'864 KB
Über den Autor
Born in 1940, ANNIE ERNAUX grew up in Normandy, studied at Rouen University, and began teaching high school. From 1977 to 2000, she was a professor at the Centre National d'Enseignement par Correspondance. Her books, in particular A Man's Place and A Woman's Story, have become contemporary classics in France. She won the prestigious Prix Renaudot for A Man's Place when it was first published in French in 1984. The English edition was a New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The English edition of A Woman's Story was a New York Times Notable Book.
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