The Years
by Annie Ernaux
Translated by
Alison L. Strayer
Seven Stories Press
11/21/2017
Originally published as Les années
in 2008!
Genre: Nonfiction. Autobiography
237 pages
I already mentioned that The Man Booker International 2019 Shadow Panel made me discover a French author unknown to me. I’m very happy to present another one today. I had heard about Annie Ernaux, but had never read The Years, nor anything by her. It’s sad that in all my studies in France, I was not exposed to contemporary authors like her (she was born in 1940), even though she won a lot of literary awards.
And this is so good! Hang on, this is going to be a long review, but hopefully, you will jump on the book right after reading my prose!