In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant.
Shame arises in her like a plague: understanding that her pregnancy
will mark her and her family as social failures, she knows she
cannot keep that child. This is the story, written forty years
later, of a trauma Ernaux never overcame. In a France where
abortion was illegal, she attempted, in vain, to self-administer
the abortion with a knitting needle. Fearful and desperate, she
finally located an abortionist, and ends up in a hospital emergency
ward where she nearly dies. In Happening, Ernaux sifts
through her memories and her journal entries dating from those
days. Clearly, cleanly, she gleans the meanings of her experience.
General
Imprint: |
Fitzcarraldo Editions
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2022 |
First published: |
2000 |
Authors: |
Annie Ernaux
|
Translators: |
Tanya Leslie
|
Dimensions: |
197 x 114 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
80 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80427-053-0 |
Subtitles: |
French
|
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-80427-053-9 |
Barcode: |
9781804270530 |
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