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Writing, the Other Life


A work of Non-fiction


Subgenres:

  • Literary Criticism,
  • Essay Collection,
  • Author Biography
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Deep dives into Annie Ernaux’s unpublished writings and personal archives
  • Visual keepsakes with photos, manuscripts, and drawings woven into the text
  • Collections blending literary criticism, interviews, and diary entries
Publisher Description

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE: Celebrate Annie Ernaux with this stunning collection of interviews, critical analyses, and 24 unpublished writings offering insight into her life, writing style, thoughts, and influence. Drawings, photos, handwritten manuscripts, and other visual materials make this a beautiful keepsake for new and longtime fans.

Magisterial in scope and size, Annie Ernaux: Writing, The Other Life was compiled and edited by Pierre-Louis Fort and was first published in France by Éditions de L'Herne in 2022, a few months before she received the Nobel Prize in Literature. The anthology includes twenty-four previously unpublished Ernaux pieces, as well as literary criticism, essays, interviews, diary entries, a song by Jeanne Cherhal, newspaper clippings, a comic strip by Aurélia Aurita, and letters from Simone de Beauvoir.

Never before published in English, this beautifully visual collection includes an 8-page color photo insert with images, handwritten manuscript pages, and drawings sprinkled throughout. It is the fruit of collaboration between six celebrated translators and a groundbreaking work of scholarship and rumination.

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