{"product_id":"9780803228153","title":"Things Seen by Brian Evenson","description":"Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature \"Annie Ernaux's work,\" wrote Richard Bernstein in the New York Times, \"represents a severely pared-down Proustianism, a testament to the persistent, haunting and melancholy quality of memory.\" In the New York Times Book Review, Kathryn Harrison concurred: \"Keen language and unwavering focus allow her to penetrate deep, to reveal pulses of love, desire, remorse.\"  ?  In this \"journal\" Ernaux turns her penetrating focus on those points in life where the everyday and the extraordinary intersect, where \"things seen\" reflect a private life meeting the larger world. From the war crimes tribunal in Bosnia to social issues such as poverty and AIDS; from the state of Iraq to the world's contrasting reactions to Princess Diana's death and the starkly brutal political murders that occurred at the same time; from a tear-gas attack on the subway to minute interactions with a clerk in a store: Ernaux's thought-provoking observations map the world's fleeting and lasting impressions on the shape of inner life.  ?\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311950868853,"sku":"9780803228153","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780803228153.jpg?v=1762820041","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780803228153","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}