A Man's Place - Softcover

Ernaux, Annie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345378954 ISBN 13: 9780345378958

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1993

Synopsis

Annie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her practical examination 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 reveals the shame that haunted her father throughout his life. She observes the importance he attributed to manners and language that came so unnaturally to him as he struggled to provide for his family in rural France.

About this title

About the Author:

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 particular A Man's Place and A Woman's Story, have become contemporary classics in France. She won the prestigious Prix Renaudot for A Man's Place when it was first published in French in 1984. The English edition was a New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The English edition of A Woman's Story was a New York Times Notable Book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0345378954
• ISBN 13: 9780345378958
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 103