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The Years

by Alison L. Strayer, Annie Ernaux
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The Years
The Years

Evocative collective memoir spanning six tumultuous decades.

"The Years" is captivating for anyone interested in exploring the collective memory of a generation. With its unique blend of personal and communal narrative, Ernaux's memoir will resonate with you if you're drawn to understanding the intricate weave of individual lives within broader historical and cultural contexts. It's a refreshing departure from traditional autobiographies, offering a tapestry woven from societal milestones, private moments, and the relentless march of time.

  • Deutscher Hörbuchpreis for Bestes Hörspiel (2020)
  • French-American Foundation Translation Prize for Nonfiction (2018)
  • Prix François-Mauriac (2008)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2021)
  • Premio Strega Europeo (2016)
  • Warwick Prize for Women in Translation (2019)
  • Prix Marguerite-Duras (2008)
  • International Booker Prize Nominee (2019)
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The Years

by Alison L. Strayer, Annie Ernaux
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ISBN: 9781609807870
Authors: Alison L. Strayer, Annie Ernaux
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Date of Publication: 2023-04-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Related Topics: Memoir, Biography, European History
Goodreads rating: 4.17
(rated by 39898 readers)

Description

Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist’s defining work and a breakout bestseller when published in France in 2008. The Years is a personal narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present—even projections into the future—photos, books, songs, radio, television and decades of advertising, headlines, contrasted with intimate conflicts and writing notes from 6 decades of diaries. Local dialect, words of the times, slogans, brands and names for the ever-proliferating objects, are given voice here. The voice we recognize as the author’s continually dissolves and re-emerges. Ernaux makes the passage of time palpable. Time itself, inexorable, narrates its own course, consigning all other narrators to anonymity. A new kind of autobiography emerges, at once subjective and impersonal, private and collective. On its 2008 publication in France, The Years came as a surprise. Though Ernaux had for years been hailed as a beloved, bestselling and award-winning author, The Years was in many ways a departure: both an intimate memoir “written” by entire generations, and a story of generations telling a very personal story. Like the generation before hers, the narrator eschews the “I” for the “we” (or “they”, or “one”) as if collective life were inextricably intertwined with a private life that in her parents
 

Evocative collective memoir spanning six tumultuous decades.

"The Years" is captivating for anyone interested in exploring the collective memory of a generation. With its unique blend of personal and communal narrative, Ernaux's memoir will resonate with you if you're drawn to understanding the intricate weave of individual lives within broader historical and cultural contexts. It's a refreshing departure from traditional autobiographies, offering a tapestry woven from societal milestones, private moments, and the relentless march of time.

  • Deutscher Hörbuchpreis for Bestes Hörspiel (2020)
  • French-American Foundation Translation Prize for Nonfiction (2018)
  • Prix François-Mauriac (2008)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2021)
  • Premio Strega Europeo (2016)
  • Warwick Prize for Women in Translation (2019)
  • Prix Marguerite-Duras (2008)
  • International Booker Prize Nominee (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.