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Lata

Annie Ernaux

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In the hubbub of voices, which we suddenly perceived as detached from the bodies, we knew that a family meal was a place where one could go mad without warning and push the table over, screaming.

The time-before vanished from family tables, and fled the bodies and voices of its witnesses. It appeared on television in documentary archives with commentary by voices that came from nowhere. The 'duty of remembrance' was a civic obligation, a sign of a just conscience, a new patriotism

The family dinner table as a way of connecting this long wavering timeline and big national feelings and events back down to the personal is just * chef's kiss * 

And I just adore how she writes about consumerism and shopping and hypermarkets and goods for sale ahhhhhh
emotional reflective sad medium-paced

'...other people's memories gave us a place in the world.'

History repeats itself, as do memories. We all share the same dreams, fears, and hobbies. These similarities don't make us boring or our lives uneventful; instead, they bring us closer, regardless of the distance or the years that separate us.
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Beautiful