A Man's Place
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
A New York Times Notable Book
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 labor, 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 scrutinizes the importance he attributed to manners and language that came so unnaturally to him as he struggled to provide for his family with a grocery store and cafe in rural France.
Over the course of the book, Ernaux grows up to become the uncompromising…
$18.95
June 5, 2012
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.
Writing, the Other Life
Annie Ernaux
The Other Girl
Annie Ernaux
The Use of Photography
Annie Ernaux
The Young Man
Annie Ernaux
I Will Write to Avenge My People
Annie Ernaux
Getting Lost
Annie Ernaux
Exteriors
Annie Ernaux
A Girl's Story
Annie Ernaux
Happening
Annie Ernaux
The Years
Annie Ernaux
A Man's Place
Annie Ernaux; translated from the French by Tanya Leslie
The Possession
Annie Ernaux; translated from the French by Anna Moschovakis
A Woman's Story
Annie Ernaux; translated from the French by Tanya Leslie