Art Nr.: 1583225757
ISBN 13: 9781583225752
Release year: 2003
Published by: Random House LLC US
Cover: Taschenbuch
Cover Format: 209x140x9 mm
Pages: 104
Weight: 112 g
Language: Englisch
Author: Annie Ernaux
Description 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 we love. In this quietly powerful tribute, Ernaux attempts to do her mother the greatest justice she can: to portray her as the individual she was. She writes, 'I believe I am writing about my mother because it is my turn to bring her into the world.' Information of Author 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. Kurzbeschreibung Titel: A Woman's Story, Einband: Taschenbuch, Autor: Annie Ernaux, Verlag: Random House LLC US, Sprache: Englisch, Seiten: 104, Maße: 209x140x9 mm, Gewicht: 112 g, Verkäufer: Wegmann1855, Schlagworte: Englische Bücher / Biografie, Erinnerung Erinnerung / Literatur Frauenforschung Gender Studies / Frauenforschung Geschlechterforschung / Frauenforschung Familie BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs feminist literature feminist fiction nobel prize french fiction french literature ernaux annie ernaux books feminism literary fiction autobiographies biographies and memoirs books for women biographies of famous people autobiography books memoirs biographies novels fiction biography women memoir inspirational books for women fiction books autobiography literature realistic fiction books women in history books fiction historical biographies about women memoir books biographies of women romance Powered by INFORIUS