A review by imogenrobinson__
A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
3.5
Starts off very strong and insightful but tails off a little towards the end. A very joyless depiction of Ernaux’s adolescence and an interesting exploration of how memory functions.
Ernaux renovates the traditional model of memoir in employing the third person to distance herself from the girl she was, which creates a sense of depersonalisation in her work.
Ernaux renovates the traditional model of memoir in employing the third person to distance herself from the girl she was, which creates a sense of depersonalisation in her work.