The Possession

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Self-regard, in the works of Ernaux, is always an excruciatingly painful and exact process. Here, she revisits the peculiar kind of self-fulfilment possible when readers examine themselves in the aftermath of a love affair, and sometimes even through the eyes of the lost beloved.

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Born in 1940, ANNIE ERNAUX grew up in Normandy, studied at Rouen University, and began teaching high school. From 1977 to 2000, she was a professor at the Centre National d'Enseignement par Correspondance. Her books, in particularA Man's PlaceandA Woman's Story,have become contemporary classics in France. She won the prestigious Prix Renaudot forA Man's Placewhen it was first published in French in 1984. The English edition was aNew York TimesNotable Book and a finalist for theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize. The English edition ofA Woman's Storywas aNew York TimesNotable Book.