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The Young Man
The Young Man | Annie Ernaux
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In her latest work, Annie Ernaux recounts a relationship with a student thirty years her junior - an experience that transforms her, briefly, back into the 'scandalous girl' of her youth. At once stark and tender, The Young Man is a taut encapsulation of Ernaux's relationship to time, memory and writing.
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“With him I traveled through all the ages of life, my life.”

Just like Free Love by Tessa Hadley, which I read before this one, this book is about a love story between a woman and a man half her age.
It is super short and yet so much better. In only 40 pages I became that woman without knowing that situation. Ernaux made me understand why she did what she did and why it mattered. And why it was beautiful. #TitlesAndTunes #Blues
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Cinfhen And look at the gorgeous blue sky!!! 7mo
batsy Great review! I must read more Ernaux. 7mo
BarbaraBB @batsy so good! I too! 7mo
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sarahbarnes I love the book I read by her and will now have to stack this one! 7mo
Suet624 It seems as though she has now written 3 books about this same relationship. All of them good. 6mo
BarbaraBB @Suet624 oh that sounds interesting. I bought this one and maybe that‘s about this subject too 6mo
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