inscribed first edition, association copy, 1996.
inscribed to fellow seven stories author kathryn hyatt: “this book [is] about ordinary things… perhaps very far from marilyn… with my friendship of women,” dated november 11, 1996. hyatt had released her graphic novel about the life of marilyn monroe three months earlier.....
first american edition, 1999.
ernaux hauntingly reveals the strength in witnessing what one cannot intervene in. “i remain in darkness” serves as a profound exploration of the ever-changing dynamic between mother and daughter, chronicling the gradual decline of her mother due to alzheimer's disease. the book covers three years.....
first edition, 1992.
the story of annie ernaux’s father, written in a detached, unsentimental tone, traces his life as a working-class french countryman. born in the normandy countryside in 1899, he started working as a farmhand at twelve, later served in the military, and eventually became a factory.....
first edition, 1993.
"all this—the suffering and anxiety of waiting, the brief relief of lovemaking, the lethargy and fatigue that follow, the renewal of desire, the small indignities and abasements of both obsession and abandonment—ernaux tells with a calm, almost tranquilized matter-of-factness that feels like determination, truth to self.....
first edition, 1988.
the bond between mother and daughter can be one of profound merging, where the “self” can be subsumed by the relationship—a bond that even death cannot sever. after her mother’s death from dementia, ernaux embarks on the difficult task of locating her mother, not only as.....