A Man's Place

Autorentext

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. Her books, in particular A Man's Place and A Woman's Story, have become contemporary classics in France. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Zusammenfassung
Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labour, Ernauxâ™s father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernauxâ™s cold observation in A Manâ™s Place reveals the shame that haunted her father throughout his life.