A Frozen Woman by Annie Ernaux (English) Paperback Book

Description: A Frozen Woman by Annie Ernaux This sequel to A Mans Place and prequel to Simple Passion is Ernauxs description of a transformation from girlhood into womanhood. A fictionalized account of the authors teenage awakening and of her later life as a 30-year-old married teacher and mother of two infant sons, A Frozen Woman mixes affection, rage, and bitterness to reveal Ernaux at her most harrowing, affecting, and inspiring. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A Frozen Woman charts Ernauxs teenage awakening, and then the parallel progression of her desire to be desirable and her ambition to fulfil herself in her chosen profession - with the inevitable conflict between the two. And then she is thirty years old, a teacher married to an executive, mother of two infant sons. She looks after their nice apartment, raises her children. And yet, like millions of other women, she has felt her enthusiasm and curiosity, her strength and her happiness, slowly ebb under the weight of her daily routine. The very condition that everyone around her seems to consider normal and admirable for a woman is killing her. While each of Ernauxs books contain an autobiographical element, A Frozen Woman, one of Ernauxs early works, concentrates the spotlight piercingly on Annie herself. Mixing affection, rage and bitterness, A Frozen Woman shows us Ernauxs developing art when she still relied on traditional narrative, before the shortened form emerged that has since become her trademark. Author Biography 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 dEnseignement par Correspondance. Her books, in particular A Mans Place and A Womans Story, have become contemporary classics in France. She won the prestigious Prix Renaudot for A Mans 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 Womans Story was a New York Times Notable Book. Review "Unflagging truth-telling … limpid perfection, uncluttered Gallic grace, words arranged in harmony." –Los Angeles Times "Annie Ernaux concisely charts telling moments during adolescence love, marriage, career, and motherhood …" –St. Louis Post Dispatch Review Quote "Unflagging truth-telling ... limpid perfection, uncluttered Gallic grace, words arranged in harmony." -Los Angeles Times "Annie Ernaux concisely charts telling moments during adolescence love, marriage, career, and motherhood ..." -St. Louis Post Dispatch Details ISBN188836338X Author Annie Ernaux Short Title FROZEN WOMAN Language English Translator Tanya Leslie ISBN-10 188836338X ISBN-13 9781888363388 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY B Pages 192 Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Residence Paris, FR Birth 1940 DOI 10.1604/9781888363388 AU Release Date 1996-10-08 NZ Release Date 1996-10-08 US Release Date 1996-10-08 UK Release Date 1996-10-08 Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. Year 1996 Publication Date 1996-10-08 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:138980067;

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