Happening – WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE by Annie Ernaux, Tanya Leslie
Happening – WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

Annie Ernaux, Tanya Leslie

Happening – WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

Annie Ernaux, Tanya Leslie with Annie Ernaux (Translator)

108 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction literary memoir emotional reflective medium-paced

Description

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: understanding that her pregnancy will mark her and her family as social failures, she knows she cannot keep that child. This is the story, writt...

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Moods

reflective 78%
emotional 71%
dark 47%
challenging 38%
sad 37%
informative 30%
tense 28%
inspiring 12%
hopeful 5%

Pace

fast 55%
medium 35%
slow 8%

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4.38

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