The possession
by Annie Ernaux, Anna Moschovakis
3.7
(19 ratings)62 pages2002Seven Stories PressISBN 9781583228555
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About this book
“The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city—the whole world—with a person you may never have met.”
These first words set the framework for The Possession, a striking portrait of a woman after a love affair has ended. Annie Ernaux pulls the reader through every step of jealousy, of a woman’s need to know who has replaced her in a lost beloved’s life. Ernaux’s writing, characteristically gorgeous in its precision, depicts the all too familiar human tendency to seek control and certainty after rejection.”
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press
- Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 62
- ISBN
- 9781583228555
About Annie Ernaux
Annie Ernaux (née Duchesne; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer and professor of literature. Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology. Ernaux was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory". [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Ernaux)
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