Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux

Simple Passion

Annie Ernaux with Tanya Leslie (Translator)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

67 pages | first published 1991

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In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux's Simple Passion documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming passion. Blurring the line between fact and fiction, an unnamed narrator attempts to plot the emotional an...
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reflective 85%
emotional 67%
sad 28%
dark 8%
tense 7%
challenging 6%
hopeful 5%
mysterious 5%
inspiring 4%
informative 3%
relaxing 3%
funny 2%
lighthearted 2%

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medium 38%
slow 16%

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