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Look at the lights, my love / Annie Ernaux ; translated from the French by Alison L. Strayer.
"For half a century, the French writer Annie Ernaux has transgressed the boundaries of what stories are considered worth telling, what subjects worth exploring. In this probing meditation, Ernaux turns her attention to the phenomenon of the big-box superstore, a ubiquitous feature of modern life that has received scant attention in literature. Recording her visits to a store near Paris for over a year, she captures the world that exists within its massive walls. Through Ernaux's eyes, the superstore emerges as "a great human meeting place, a spectacle"--a flashy, technologically advanced incarnation of the ancient marketplace where capitalism, cultural production, and class converge, dictating our rhythms of desire. With her relentless powers of observation, Ernaux takes the measure of a place we thought we knew, calling us to question the experiences we overlook and to gaze more deeply into ordinary life."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780300268218 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 81 pages ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
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| General Note: | Originally published in France as 'Regarde les lumières, mon amour' by È̀ditions du Seuil 2014. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the French. |
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| Subject: | Ernaux, Annie, 1940- > Diaries. Groupe Auchan. Authors, French > 20th century > Diaries. Authors, French > 21st century > Diaries. Hypermarkets > France > Cergy. Shopping > France > Cergy. Supermarkets > France > Cergy. |
| Genre: | Diaries. Biographies. Personal narratives. |
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"For half a century, the French writer Annie Ernaux has transgressed the boundaries of what stories are considered worth telling, what subjects worth exploring. In this probing meditation, Ernaux turns her attention to the phenomenon of the big-box superstore, a ubiquitous feature of modern life that has received scant attention in literature. Recording her visits to a store near Paris for over a year, she captures the world that exists within its massive walls. Through Ernaux's eyes, the superstore emerges as "a great human meeting place, a spectacle"--a flashy, technologically advanced incarnation of the ancient marketplace where capitalism, cultural production, and class converge, dictating our rhythms of desire. With her relentless powers of observation, Ernaux takes the measure of a place we thought we knew, calling us to question the experiences we overlook and to gaze more deeply into ordinary life."-- - Yale University
A revelatory meditation on class and consumer culture, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux - Yale University
A revelatory meditation on class and consumer culture, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux
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A New Yorker Best of the Week Pick â¢Â A World Literature Today Notable Translation of 2023
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âTranslated from the French with great intelligence and sensitivity by Alison Strayer. . . . Ernauxâs diary is a provocation: to accept these life scenes as worthy of our time and attention.ââKate Briggs, Washington Post
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âA dryly charming look at the way the French live now, through the sharp eyes of its most acclaimed chronicler.ââKirkus Reviews
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For half a century, the French writer Annie Ernaux has transgressed the boundaries of what stories are considered worth telling, what subjects worth exploring. In this probing meditation, Ernaux turns her attention to the phenomenon of the big-box superstore, a ubiquitous feature of modern life that has received scant attention in literature.
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Recording her visits to a store near Paris for over a year, she captures the world that exists within its massive walls. Through Ernauxâs eyes, the superstore emerges as âa great human meeting place, a spectacleââa flashy, technologically advanced incarnation of the ancient marketplace where capitalism, cultural production, and class converge, dictating our rhythms of desire. With her relentless powers of observation, Ernaux takes the measure of a place we thought we knew, calling us to question the experiences we overlook and to gaze more deeply into ordinary life.
