The Possession

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

Self-regard, in the works of Annie Ernaux, is always an excruciatingly painful and exact process. Here, she revisits the peculiar kind of self-fulfillment possible when we examine ourselves in the aftermath of a love affair, and sometimes, even, through the eyes of the lost beloved.

Author: Annie Ernaux
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 12/02/2008
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781583228555

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 01/25/2009 pg. 19
Library Journal 05/01/2009 pg. 70

About the Author
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.