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, she attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her two-year relationship with a married man where every word, event, and person either provides a connection with her beloved or is subject to her cold indifference. With courage and exactitude, Ernaux seeks the truth behind an existence lived, for a time, entirely for someone else.
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Simple Passion - WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
By Annie Ernaux
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, she attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her two-year relationship with a married man where every word, event, and person either provides a connection with her beloved or is subject to her cold indifference. With courage and exactitude, Ernaux seeks the truth behind an existence lived, for a time, entirely for someone else.
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Reviewed by Melisecht und fast schon zu echt. es ist so ehrlich, ein tagebucheintrag, den man wahrscheinlich so einfach nicht veröffentlichen würde. ein auszug von liebe und obsession, wie es gesellschaftlich eher weniger vorgezeigt wird. gerade deshalb so so gut. ein gefühl wie an den rändern von emotionen zu sein. peinlich, aber so MENSCHLICH. sie ist eine ikone.