The Years *Special Edition*: by Annie Ernaux - Hardcover

Ernaux, Annie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1804271330 ISBN 13: 9781804271339

Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2024

Synopsis

Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist’s defining work, The Years is a narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present, cultural habits, language, photos, books, songs, radio, television, advertising and news headlines. Annie Ernaux invents a form that is subjective and impersonal, private and collective, and a new genre – the collective autobiography – in order to capture the passing of time. At the confluence of autofiction and sociology, The Years is ‘a Remembrance of Things Past for our age of media domination and consumerism’ (New York Times), a monumental account of twentieth-century French history as refracted through the life of one woman. The Years is published here as a limited edition hardback as part of Fitzcarraldo Editions’ First Decade Collection.

About this title

About the Authors

Born in 1940, Annie Ernaux grew up in Normandy, studied at Rouen University, and later taught at secondary school. From 1977 to 2000, she was a professor at the Centre National d’Enseignement par Correspondance. In 2017, Annie Ernaux was awarded the Marguerite Yourcenar Prize for her life’s work. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Alison L. Strayer is a Canadian writer and translator. Her work has been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Literature and for Translation, the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal, and longlisted for the Prix Albertine. Her translation of The Years was awarded the 2018 French-American Prize, shortlisted for the Man Booker International in 2019, and awarded the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, honouring both author and translator.

From the Back Cover

The First Decade Collection is a limited edition series of ten hardbacks celebrating the breadth of Fitzcarraldo Editions' publishing over the first ten years. With a run of 1000 copies, each book is casebound in fine linen cloth and features signed and numbered book plates, a belly band and custom marbled endpapers.

Considered by many to be the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate’s defining work, The Years is a monumental account of twentieth-century French history as refracted through the life of one woman, a book that invents a genre – the collective autobiography – to capture the passing of time.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1804271330
• ISBN 13: 9781804271339
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232