In the summer of 1983, Annie Ernaux's mother fell ill and was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This collection of journal entries traces the descent of her mother into the depths of the disease and reveals the author's own complex feelings.
In the summer of 1983, Annie Ernaux's mother fell ill and was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This collection of journal entries traces the descen...
Annie Ernaux s work, wrote Richard Bernstein in the New York Times, represents a severely pared-down Proustianism, a testament to the persistent, haunting and melancholy quality of memory. In the New York Times Book Review, Kathryn Harrison concurred: Keen language and unwavering focus allow her to penetrate deep, to reveal pulses of love, desire, remorse. In this journal Ernaux turns her penetrating focus on those points in life where the everyday and the extraordinary intersect, where things seen reflect a private life meeting the larger world. From the war crimes tribunal in...
Annie Ernaux s work, wrote Richard Bernstein in the New York Times, represents a severely pared-down Proustianism, a testament to the persisten...
Annie Ernaux s work, wrote Richard Bernstein in the New York Times, represents a severely pared-down Proustianism, a testament to the persistent, haunting and melancholy quality of memory. In the New York Times Book Review, Kathryn Harrison concurred: Keen language and unwavering focus allow her to penetrate deep, to reveal pulses of love, desire, remorse. In this journal Ernaux turns her penetrating focus on those points in life where the everyday and the extraordinary intersect, where things seen reflect a private life meeting the larger world. From the war crimes tribunal in...
Annie Ernaux s work, wrote Richard Bernstein in the New York Times, represents a severely pared-down Proustianism, a testament to the persisten...
"Je n'entendrai plus sa voix. ... J'ai perdu le dernier lien avec le monde dont je suis issue." - Der 1988 erschienene kurze (und sprachlich nicht schwierige) Roman ist die Auseinandersetzung der Erzählerin mit dem Tod ihrer Mutter - eine Rückschau auf das Leben dieser Frau und zugleich eine neue Sicht auf die eigene Vergangenheit. Annie Ernaux, 1940 geboren, zählt zu den renommiertesten Autorinnen, ihr Werk wurde mit zahlreichen Literaturpreisen ausgezeichnet, u.a. dem 'Prix Renaudot'. §§Ungekürzte und unbearbeitete Textausgabe in der Originalsprache, mit Übersetzungen schwieriger...
"Je n'entendrai plus sa voix. ... J'ai perdu le dernier lien avec le monde dont je suis issue." - Der 1988 erschienene kurze (und sprachlich nicht sch...