The Years
£9.99
By Ernaux, Annie
Translated by Strayer, Alison L.
Non-fiction; Biography/Memoir
Published 20/10/2022 by Fitzcarraldo Editions in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 232 pages
Description
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist’s defining work, The Years is a narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present, cultural habits, language, photos, books, songs, radio, television, advertising and news headlines. Annie Ernaux invents a form that is subjective and impersonal, private and communal, and a new genre – the collective autobiography – in order to capture the passing of time. At the confluence of autofiction and sociology, The Years is ‘a Remembrance of Things Past for our age of media domination and consumerism’ (New York Times), a monumental account of twentieth-century French history as refracted through the life of one woman.
