Shame by Annie Ernaux

Shame

Annie Ernaux with Tanya Leslie (Translator)

112 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

"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 the author herself, and the single traumatic memory that will echo and resonate through...

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Moods

reflective 94%
emotional 56%
dark 31%
sad 25%
tense 16%
challenging 15%
informative 8%
inspiring 8%
funny 4%
mysterious 2%
hopeful 1%

Pace

fast 35%
slow 33%
medium 30%

Average rating

3.66

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