A Frozen Woman - Hardcover

Ernaux, Annie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1888363142 ISBN 13: 9781888363142

Publisher: Seven Stories Pr, 1995

Synopsis

Examining the conflict between wanting to be desirable and fulfilling personal ambitions, one woman's story of motherhood and matrimony shows how happiness, enthusiasm, and curiosity gradually disappear under the weight of daily routine until she becomes a frozen woman.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in 1940, ANNIE ERNAUX grew up in Normandy, studied at Rouen University, and began teaching high school. From 1977 to 2000, she was a professor at the Centre National d’Enseignement par Correspondance. Her books, in particular A Man’s Place and A Woman’s Story, have become contemporary classics in France. She won the prestigious Prix Renaudot for A Man's Place when it was first published in French in 1984. The English edition was a New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The English edition of A Woman’s Story was a New York Times Notable Book.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: Seven Stories Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1888363142
• ISBN 13: 9781888363142
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192