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Audiobook35 minutes
The Young Man
Written by Annie Ernaux
Narrated by Tavia Gilbert
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
This dazzling and breathtaking account of Annie Ernaux’s passionate love affair with a man thirty years her junior won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDreamscape Media
TranslatorAlison L. Strayer
Release dateSep 12, 2023
ISBN9781666646450
Author
Annie Ernaux
Born in 1940, Annie Ernaux grew up in Normandy, studied at Rouen University, and later taught at secondary school. From 1977 to 2000, she was a professor at the Centre National d’Enseignement par Correspondance. In 2017, Annie Ernaux was awarded the Marguerite Yourcenar Prize for her life’s work. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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35 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Nov 15, 2024
What a tour de force! I can’t wait to read more from her! - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Mar 27, 2024
This is my second attempt to fall in love with this writer, winner of nothing less than the Nobel Prize in Literature, but there is something that prevents me from fully connecting with her writings.
I like what she tells, but not how she tells it; her way of writing is cold, indifferent, as if nothing could pierce her ice shell.
This time she tells us a chapter of her life in which, being a mature teacher, she had an affair with one of her students.
Truthfully, I think it's perfectly fine, being both adults, to let themselves be carried away by passion; wonderful. But... there is not a trace of that ardor in this woman's prose.
A reading that I recommend for its brevity, but not for the feelings it provokes. (Translated from Spanish)