Shame

Annie Ernaux, Tanya Leslie

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FITZCARRALDO EDITIONS
21 November 2023

Biography; Memoirs; Literary essays; Fiction in translation

'My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon.' Thus begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become Annie Ernaux, and the traumatic memory that will echo and resonate throughout her life.

With the emotionally rich voice of great fiction and the analytical eye of a scientist, Annie Ernaux provides a powerful reflection on experience and the force of violent memory to endure through time, to deter-mine the course of a life.

By: Annie Ernaux
Translated by: Tanya Leslie
Imprint: FITZCARRALDO EDITIONS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 125mm,
ISBN: 9781804270561
ISBN 10: 1804270563
Pages: 88
Publication Date: 21 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tanya Leslie was the first translator of Annie Ernaux into English and translated a number of her works, including A Woman's Story (1991), A Man's Place (1992), Simple Passion (1993), Shame (1998), I Remain in Darkness (1999) and Happening (2001).

Reviews for Shame

'Reading her is like getting to know a friend, the way they tell you about themselves over long conversations that sometimes take years, revealing things slowly, looping back to some parts of their life over and over.'- Joanna Biggs, London Review of Books 'Annie Ernaux is one of my favourite contemporary writers, original and true. Always after reading one of her books, I walk around in her world for months.'- Sheila Heti, author of Motherhood