These two short nonfictional novels by Nobel winner Annie Ernaux feature her precise and unblinking excavation of human events and relationships. The first is a cold-blooded look at her mother, who at the beginning of the book has died after suffering from dementia. The second concerns an incident in her childhood – her father threatening to kill her mother – that left psychic scars that persisted into adulthood. The honesty and openness of Ernaux's novels is unlike anything I've ever read.
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