Shame by Annie Ernaux

Shame

Annie Ernaux with Tanya Leslie (Translator)

111 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
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"My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon."Thus begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become the author herself, and the single traumatic memory that will echo and resonate through...

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Moods

reflective 91%
emotional 57%
sad 29%
dark 28%
challenging 16%
informative 13%
tense 12%
inspiring 5%
funny 1%
lighthearted 1%
mysterious 1%
relaxing 1%

Pace

medium 40%
fast 30%
slow 29%

Average rating

3.65

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