I Remain In Darkness
$25.98
- Paperback
94 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2011
Summary
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 losing a beloved parent.I Remain in Darkness is a new high water mark for Ernaux, surging with raw emo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583220528 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583220526 |
| Author: | Annie Ernaux |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 94 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 130g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 140mm |
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Critics Review
“As revealed by Ernaux, the details of a loved one’s deterioration have such emblematic force and terror that the particular becomes universal.” - The New York Times Book Review “Originally written, unguarded, unadorned.” - Review of Contemporary Fiction”
About The Author
Annie Ernaux
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 particularA Man’s PlaceandA Woman’s Story,have become contemporary classics in France. She won the prestigious Prix Renaudot forA Man’s Placewhen it was first published in French in 1984. The English edition was aNew York TimesNotable Book and a finalist for theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize. The English edition ofA Woman’s Storywas aNew York TimesNotable Book.
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