A girl's story / Annie Ernaux ; translated by Alison L. Strayer.
"In A Girl's Story, Annie Ernaux revisits the night 50 years earlier when she found herself submerged and controlled by another person's desire and willpower. It is the summer of 1958, the year she turned 18. And then the man she gave herself to moves on. She has submitted her will to his, and now she finds that she is a slave without a master. Now, fifty years later, she realizes she can obliterate the intervening years and return to consider this young woman that until now she wanted to forget completely. And to discover that here was the vital, violent and dolorous origin of her writing life, her writer's identity, built out of shame, violence, betrayal"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781609809515
- ISBN: 1609809513
- Physical Description: 156 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Seven Stories Press, [2020]
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Subject: | Ernaux, Annie, 1940- Authors, French > 20th century > Biography. Authors, French > 21st century > Biography. |
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Jefferson County Library-Arnold | BIO ERNAUX (Text) | 30061100123286 | Biography | Available | - |
Jefferson County Library-Windsor | BIO ERNAUX (Text) | 30065100123295 | Biography | Available | - |
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A Girl's Story
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.