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Things Seen; Trans. By Jonathan Kaplansky by Annie Ernaux, Brian Evenson (translation), Jonathan Kaplan sky (translation) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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“Annie Ernaux’s work,” wrote Richard Bernstein in the New York Times, “represents a severely pared-down Proustianism, a testament to the persistent, haunting & melancholy quality of memory.” In the New York Times Book Review, Kathryn Harrison concurred: “Keen language & unwavering focus allow her to penetrate deep, to reveal pulses of love, desire, remorse.” In this “journal” Annie Ernaux turns her penetrating focus on those points in life where the every day & the extraordinary intersect, where “things seen” reflect a private life meeting the larger world. From the war crimes tribunal in Bosnia to social issues such as poverty & AIDS; from the state of Iraq to the world’s contrasting reactions to Princess Diana’s death & the starkly brutal political murders that occurred at the same time; from a tear-gas attack on the subway to minute interactions with a clerk in a store..."While the neutral tone, economy of style, & preponderance of political and social events may belie any intimacy, Annie Ernaux somehow succeeds in expressing the personal, whether it be her above-cited remark on truth, a description of her terror during a tear-gas attack in the subway, or her references to the i

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Author

Annie Ernaux, Brian Evenson (translation), Jonathan Kaplan sky (translation)

Publisher

Bison Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780803228153

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

3.77 / 5 (28 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14