A Man's Place

Portrait of a father. Annie Ernaux, daughter, student, aspiring author and mother, dissects the personality of her father, that loving and scary figure many of us had and someday might even become. From childhood to old age, trying to find a place in a society he belongs and doesn’t. And in doing......more

A book written by an author about her father after his death will always be an emotional one. But this book is something different as it belongs to the category of therapeutic writing. Ernaux also talks about this therapeutic writing beautifully in her other book, A Woman's Story. It is difficult to......more

evet annie ernaux, magnum opus’u “seneler”in müjdesini 25 yıl evvel yazdığı bu kitapta vermiş. babasını kaybettikten sonra onu anlatmak için bir romana başlaması ve bunu kesinlikle yapamaması, aynen ebeveyniyle mektuplaşır gibi dümdüz anlatmayı tercih etmesi bize ernaux’nun o muhteşem üslubunu kazand......more