The Years by Annie Ernaux

The Years

Annie Ernaux with Alison L. Strayer (Translator)

225 pages first pub 2008 (view editions) user-added

nonfiction literary memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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For readers drawn to meditative literary memoir exploring the porous boundary between personal memory and collective time. Ideal if you savor slow, reflective prose that layers cultural fragments—advertisements, slogans, shifting speech—into an intimate archaeology of self and era.

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 Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist's defining work, The Years is a narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present, cultural habits, language, photos, books, songs, radio, telev...

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Community Reviews

4.21
based on 4,666 reviews

Moods

reflective: 94%

informative: 55%

emotional: 42%

inspiring: 28%

challenging: 25%

sad: 12%

hopeful: 9%

funny: 5%

relaxing: 5%

dark: 3%

lighthearted: 3%

adventurous: 2%

mysterious: 1%

tense: 1%


Pace

12% of readers chose fast
51% of readers chose medium
35% of readers chose slow
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