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Annie Ernaux
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p.119
torpor »
(noun) a state of mental and motor inactivity wit…
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There are beings who are overwhelmed by the reality of othe…
Over ten years have passed, eleven summers that raise to fi…
I have still not stepped through the portico of the camp. I…
[...] should I adopt the view of French society in 1958, wh…
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p.22
parvenu »
(noun) one that has recently or suddenly risen to…
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Quite often I felt I was living out this passion in the sam…
IN FRONT OF people I knew, I tried not to betray my obsessi…
(Am I the only woman to return to the scene of an abortion?…
Now it’s April. Sometimes I wake up in the morning without …
Whether or not he was “worth it” is of no consequence. And …