shame

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----Editor's Recommendation-----
* Representative works by Anne Erno, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature
* A twelve-year-old girl begins to understand the world and herself using shame as a framework
* Face the discomfort of existence and become your own anthropologist
* A book that "makes the eyes of others unbearable" and pushes autobiography to its limits
----Introduction----
"One Sunday in June, just after noon, my father tried to kill my mother..."
The book opens with this horrific scene, which occurred when the author was twelve years old. This horrific event was never spoken of in the family, and Erno was forced to deal with her fear and shame alone for the rest of her life.
In this book, Anne Erno uses the rich emotions and sharp vision of a writer to reflect powerfully on the power of life experience and violent memories, showing how insights into life can become the driving force of writing.
---Media Recommendation----
* Erno "exposes with courage and clinical acumen the roots, divisions, and collective constraints of individual memory," and she "consistently examines from diverse perspectives the profound disparities in life along gender, language, and class lines."
——Swedish Academy Nobel Prize in Literature Committee
* Anne Erno is the queen of the new autobiography. --Times Magazine
*The careful, unsparing specifics of “Shame” give voice to a resonant and universal truth; and Erno’s particular discomfort is, most profoundly, a human one. —The New York Times
* Ernö's writing has no beginning or end. Her stories have no "arc." But they tend to sit next to you on the subway commuter train and won't leave no matter how politely you ask them to. -- Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review
* With ruthless clarity, Erno strips herself and her memories of any comforting myths, and in the process, she forces us to confront the shocking facts of being human. —Publishers Weekly
* Erno's searing novel has a confessional, true-to-life air, often blurring the lines between experience and imagination. Baring her soul completely, she writes a succinct and powerful memoir that recounts the profound impact of the shock she suffered at the age of twelve on a June Sunday when her father attempted to kill her mother. The horrific event is never spoken of, and Erno, an obedient only child, is forced to deal with her fear and shame in solitude for the rest of her life. Shame is Erno's mainstay, and she traces its effects on her psyche with the precision of a scientist, turning a seemingly straightforward description of the small French town she lives in into a harsh exposé of its rigid social hierarchies, its propensity for gossip, and its insistence on conformity. Erno's beautifully written and unsettling account offers a glimpse into France's post-war reconstruction period and insights into the dynamics of the writing life. - Booklist

Anne Elnor is one of my favorite contemporary writers; her work is fresh and authentic. After reading her books, I always find myself wandering through her world for months. —Sheila Heti, author of Motherhood
* I think her work is very special.
—Eimear McBride, author of Girls Are Half Finished

2023-07-31

上海人民出版社

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