Hi Diane, The Years was MY first encounter with Annie Ernaux, recommended to me by my adult son. From what (little) I’ve read about her, this memoir differs from others she’s written. In short: have at it! I’ll be returning the copy I checked out from Hamden Public Library tomorrow!
I’ve returned to Virginia Woolf, The Lighthouse. She’s not as alluring as when I was in my early 20’s, but her interweaving of subjectivities still amazes me.
Many thanks for these thoughts on Annie Ernaux about whom I would like to know more but did not know where to begin.
I say this with a certain amount of embarrassment because I fell in love with French literature at an early age and taught it at Yale for more than three decades. Rita, I’m wondering if you
think this book would be a good first encounter with this author.
In my books I like to write imaginary and sometimes actual letters to the male and female authors who have marked me. Although most are no longer physically with us, they are always with me, and we have things to discuss. It would take a great deal more reading for me to feel confident enough to approach this author. But although I am only six years her junior, it would feel like a missed opportunity not to try.
Hi Diane, The Years was MY first encounter with Annie Ernaux, recommended to me by my adult son. From what (little) I’ve read about her, this memoir differs from others she’s written. In short: have at it! I’ll be returning the copy I checked out from Hamden Public Library tomorrow!
I'll put Ernaux on my reading list. Nice summary, Rita!
This week I'm reading Sense and Sensibility. I'm reading all of Austen this summer.
Thanks, David!
I’ve returned to Virginia Woolf, The Lighthouse. She’s not as alluring as when I was in my early 20’s, but her interweaving of subjectivities still amazes me.
Many thanks for these thoughts on Annie Ernaux about whom I would like to know more but did not know where to begin.
I say this with a certain amount of embarrassment because I fell in love with French literature at an early age and taught it at Yale for more than three decades. Rita, I’m wondering if you
think this book would be a good first encounter with this author.
In my books I like to write imaginary and sometimes actual letters to the male and female authors who have marked me. Although most are no longer physically with us, they are always with me, and we have things to discuss. It would take a great deal more reading for me to feel confident enough to approach this author. But although I am only six years her junior, it would feel like a missed opportunity not to try.