{"product_id":"a-mans-place-by-annie-ernaux","title":"A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnnie Ernaux’s father died exactly two months after she passed her practical examination for a teaching certificate. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux’s father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNarrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux’s cold observation reveals the shame that haunted her father throughout his life. She scrutinizes the importance he attributed to manners and language that came so unnaturally to him as he struggled to provide for his family with a grocery store and cafe in rural France.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver the course of the book, Ernaux grows up to become the uncompromising observer now familiar to the world, while her father matures into old age with a staid appreciation for life as it is and for a daughter he cautiously, even reluctantly admires. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Man’s Place\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the companion book to her critically acclaimed memoir about her mother,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e A Woman’s Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author of some twenty works of fiction and memoir, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eANNIE ERNAUX\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is considered by many to be France’s most important writer. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She has also won the Prix Renaudot for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Man's Place\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the Marguerite Yourcenar Prize for her body of work. More recently she received the International Strega Prize, the Prix Formentor, the French-American Translation Prize, and the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Years\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was also shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. Her other works include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eExteriors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Girl's Story,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Woman's Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Possession\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e Simple Passion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHappening\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Remain in Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShame\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Frozen Woman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Man's Place\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Young Man\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Womb House Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52018262901045,"sku":null,"price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/6247\/9413\/files\/mans.jpg?v=1764701804","url":"https:\/\/wombhousebooks.com\/products\/a-mans-place-by-annie-ernaux","provider":"Womb House Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}