Sat, 23 Dec 2023 17:34:06 +0000

I've been curious about Annie Ernaux's writing ever since she won the Nobel Prize last year. Today I finished rearing her book "Journal du dehors" (name of the English translation: "Exteriors"). Here are my thoughts:

The book is written in a style that reminds one of journal entries and consists largely of observations Ernaux makes in her town of Cergy-Pontoise, near Paris. She observes and writes about the conversations and actions of strangers in the grocery stores, train stations etc.