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The Years
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I was in a bookshop in Cork city and chatting with one of the managers I know and I asked if anything of worth had actually been published in the last year. He said not really except for one thing. That ended up being this book. He told me to read the first page, which I did, and I was immediately sold.
Ernaux's style of memoir-as-social-history is such an enjoyable form of writing. It reminded me of reading Alexievich for the first time, that discovery of a whole new mode of storytelling. The whole book is such an immersive evocation of French life, rarely have I read a memoir that so engrains the reader into its world.
What a stunning work.
Ernaux's style of memoir-as-social-history is such an enjoyable form of writing. It reminded me of reading Alexievich for the first time, that discovery of a whole new mode of storytelling. The whole book is such an immersive evocation of French life, rarely have I read a memoir that so engrains the reader into its world.
What a stunning work.
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Jun 11, 2019 09:09PM
I bought this one last week, so excited for it. I also got and read her essay, Happening, which read like that dizzy feeling you get when you receive bad news for 70 pages... in a good way?
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I also thought about Alexievich when reading The Years! Love your review.
