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A Man's Place

By: Annie Ernaux, Tanya Leslie
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
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Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's cold observation reveals the shame that haunted her father throughout his life. She scrutinizes the importance he attributed to manners and language that came so unnaturally to him as he struggled to provide for his family with a grocery store and cafe in rural France. Over the course of the book, Ernaux grows up to become the uncompromising observer now familiar to the world, while her father matures into old age with a staid appreciation for life as it is and for a daughter he cautiously, even reluctantly, admires.
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Brilliantly written

In such a minimalist style, every word really matters. This suits the subject perfectly and enhances the poignancy of the story which is brief but beautifully told. I look forward to getting to know this author’s work better. In the strength of this book, her Nobel Prize seems very well deserved.
I should mention that I did not like the reader’s voice at all. Her American accent seemed inappropriate and rather at odds with the setting of the story.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed this Audible book a great deal.

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