A Woman's Story

A Woman's Story

by Annie Ernaux (Author)

Synopsis

On her mother's death, Annie Ernaux travels back in time to reunite Mother and Daughter - writing both movingly and quixotically 'to capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from me, born on the outskirts of a small Normandy town, and who died in the geriatric ward of a hospital in the suburbs of Paris'. In this powerful and poignant tribute - reissued a quarter of a century after Quartet Books first published the book in English - Ernaux writes: 'I believe I am writing about my mother because it is my turn to bring her into the world.'

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Edition: Translation
Publisher: Quartet Books
Published: 25 Apr 2014

ISBN 10: 0704373440
ISBN 13: 9780704373440

Media Reviews
'A deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age, and dreams and reality' Kirkus Reviews
Author Bio
Annie Ernaux, born in Normandy in 1940, is a French writer. She won the Prix Renaudot in 1984 for La Place, an autobiographical narrative about her relationship with her father and experiences growing up in small-town France. Quartet Books first published A Woman's Story (Une Femme) in English in 1990.