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Winner of the 2022 Novel Prize In Literature. Another masterpiece of remembering from Annie Ernaux, the Man Booker International Prize–shortlisted author of The YearsIn A Girl’s Story, Annie Ernaux revisits the season fifty years earlier when she found herself overpowered by another’s will & desire. In the summer of 1958, eighteen-year-old Ernaux submits her will to a man, & then he moves on, leaving her without a “master,” bereft. Now, fifty years later, she realizes she can obliterate the intervening years & return to consider this young woman that she wanted to forget completely. And to discover that here, submerged in shame, humiliation, & betrayal, but also in self-discovery & self-reliance, lies the origin of her writing life."Another deeply felt, fearlessly honest exploration of female desire, shame, & intellectual passion from the incomparable Annie Ernaux." — Sigrid Nunez, author of The Friend°°° Annie Ernaux is a French writer. She won the Prix Renaudot in 1984 for her book La Place, an autobiographical narrative focusing on her relationship with her father & her experiences growing up in a small town in France, & her subsequent process of moving into adulthood & away fro

Who reads A Girl's Story?

Author

Annie Ernaux, Alison L. Strayer (translation)

Publisher

Seven Stories Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781609809522

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Romance, Historical Fiction, Memoir

Rating

4.1 / 5 (247 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14