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A Girl's Story

byAnnie Ernaux

Who is this book for? Readers interested in personal memoirs, self-discovery, and historical reflections.

Topics Self-discoveryShameBetrayal
MoodReflective
Female protagonist
RomanceMinor Subplot
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Another masterpiece of remembering from Annie Ernaux, the Man Booker International Prize–shortlisted author of The Years. In A Girl’s Story, Annie Ernaux revisits the season 50 years earlier when she found herself overpowered by another’s will and desire. In the summer of 1958, 18-year-old Ernaux submits her will to a man’s; and then he moves on, leaving her without a “master;” bereft. Now, 50 years later, she realizes she can obliterate the intervening years and return to consider this young woman that she wanted to forget completely. And to discover that here, submerged in shame, humiliation, and betrayal, but also in self-discovery and self-reliance, lies the origin of her writing life.

Language

en

Published on

07/04/2020

Pages

160

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781609809515

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