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The Possession : a Novella by Annie Ernaux, Anna Moshchovakis (translation) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Self-regard, in the works of Annie Ernaux, is always an excruciatingly painful & exact process. Here, she revisits the peculiar kind of self-fulfilment possible when we examine ourselves in the aftermath of a love affair, & sometimes, even, through the eyes of the lost beloved.“The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city—the whole world—with a person you may never have met.”These first words set the framework for The Possession, a striking portrait of a woman after a love affair has ended.Annie Ernaux pulls the reader through every step of jealousy, of a woman’s need to know who has replaced her in a lost beloved’s life. Ernaux’s writing, characteristically gorgeous in its precision, depicts the all too familiar human tendency to seek control & certainty after rejection."To establish boundaries & thus render her jealousy less amorphous, Ernaux seeks to concretize the identity of her "enemy." Initially, this heightens her passion. As she relentlessly inscribes her odyssey, however, she begins to tire of the effort to sustain this self-perpetuated occupation, ultimately moving beyond the emotion by which she defined herself during its reign." - Michele

Who reads The Possession : a Novella?

Author

Annie Ernaux, Anna Moshchovakis (translation)

Publisher

Seven Stories Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781583228555

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Romance

Rating

3.46 / 5 (135 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14