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Simple Passion - by  Annie Ernaux (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Simple Passion - by Annie Ernaux (Paperback)

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  • WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A New York Times Notable Book In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming passion.
  • About the Author: Born in 1940, ANNIE ERNAUX grew up in Normandy, studied at Rouen University, and began teaching high school.
  • 67 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, General

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WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

A New York Times Notable Book

In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming passion.

Blurring the line between fact and fiction, an unnamed narrator attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her 2 year relationship with a married foreigner where every word, event, and person either provides a connection with her beloved or is subject to her cold indifference.

With courage and exactitude, she seeks the truth behind an existence lived entirely for someone else, and, in the pieces of its aftermath, she is able to find it.



Review Quotes




"The triumph of Ms. Ernaux's approach ... is to cherish commonplace emotions while elevating the banal expression of them ... A monument to passions that defy simple explanations." --The New York Times Book Review

"A work of lyrical precision and diamond-hard clarity." --The New Yorker

"A stunning story, despite its detachment and the careful exclusions of any excess, that pulsates with the very passion Ernaux so truthfully describes ... Small, but abundantly wise." --Kirkus Reviews

"All this--the suffering and anxiety of waiting, the brief soulagement of lovemaking, the lethargy and fatigue that follow, the renewal of desire, the little indignities and abjections of both obsession and abandonment--Ernaux tells with calm, almost tranquillized matter-of-factness [that] feels like determination, truth to self, clarity of purpose." --The Washington Post



About the 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.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.1 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .4 Inches (D)
Weight: .2 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 67
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: General
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Annie Ernaux
Language: English
Street Date: August 5, 2003
TCIN: 82059461
UPC: 9781583225745
Item Number (DPCI): 247-29-0315
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Q: How many pages does this paperback contain?

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Q: What is the narrative style of this book?

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Q: Who is the book's target audience?

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Q: Is the book based on a true story?

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  • A: While it blurs fact and fiction, it is a fictional account based on personal experiences.

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