by Annie Ernaux · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782724239812
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«Une femme» is Annie Ernaux's autobiographical account, in hardcover (105 pages, in French).
After her mother's death, Annie Ernaux reconstructs the life of a strong, vital and difficult woman, from pre- and post-war France to old age and illness. The narrative interweaves personal tribute with a reflection on memory, mother-daughter bonds and female identity.
The work was nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction in 1991. The author, Annie Ernaux, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2022.
For readers of memoirs and French literature, as well as those approaching Annie Ernaux's work.
Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux is a French writer who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements, and collective restraints of personal memory". Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology.
