Sat, 23 Dec 2023 17:34:42 +0000

To be honest, I initially did not find it terribly interesting.

But as I read, it grew on me. I could recognise myself in that role of observer. Here, but not really part of it. A stranger among strangers. And isn't that what most of us are a lot of the time? Ernaux's book makes us ask that and what it means for us and for society at large.