The Possession by Annie Ernaux - ISBN: 9781583228555
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A gorgeous, brutally honest self-portrait of a woman after a love affair has ended.

The Possession

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  • Paperback

    62 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 2011

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Summary

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURESelf-regard, in the works of Annie Ernaux, is always an excruciatingly painful and exact process. Here, she revisits the peculiar kind of self-fulfillment possible when we examine ourselves in the aftermath of a love affair, and sometimes, even, through the eyes of the lost beloved.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781583228555
ISBN-10:1583228551
Author:Annie Ernaux
Publisher:Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Imprint:Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:62
Release Date:1 August 2011
Weight:90g
Dimensions:202mm x 132mm
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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