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La honte

Pages
112
Published
1998
Language
English

Synopsis

Annie Ernaux's "Shame" is a powerful memoir that revisits a traumatic childhood event: her father's attempt to kill her mother. The book explores how this violent memory, experienced at a young age, shaped the author's life and writing. It's a story about survival and how we carry our past, even as we grow and change.

About the author

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Annie Ernaux

Annie Ernaux (née Duchesne; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer and professor of literature. Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology. Ernaux 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". [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Ernaux)

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