Annie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her exams for a teaching certificate. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labour, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's cold observation in A Man's Place reveals the shame that haunted her father throughout his life. She scrutinizes the importance he attributed to manners and language that came ...
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A Man's Place - WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
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Ernaux, Annie
E-Book, 80 S.
Sprache: Englisch
Fitzcarraldo Editions (2020)
ISBN-13: 978-1-913097-37-0
Titelnr.: 96662496