Simple Passion
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A New York Times Notable Book In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming passion. Blurring the line between fact and fiction, an unnamed narrator attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her 2 year relationship with a married foreigner where every word, event, and person either provides a connection with her beloved or is subject to her cold indifference. With courage and exactitude, she seeks the truth behind an existence lived entirely for someone else, and, in the pieces of its aftermath, she is able to find it.
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Great book yall, read in French if you can or be like me and cheat and read it in english, either way it’s written beautifully plus relatable
At first I didn’t quite know what to make of it. But it grew on me so to speak - and I found her description of what it is like to be completely consumed by this passion - to an extent that everything else is of no importance (unless it is somewhat connected to this man/or passion) fascinating. So I ended up enjoying it.
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