The Years
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Anna Bentinck
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Annie Ernaux
About this listen
The Years is a personal narrative of the period of 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present - even projections into the future - photos, books, songs, radio, television, and decades of advertising and headlines, contrasted with intimate conflicts and written notes from six decades of diaries. Local dialect, words of the time, slogans, brands, and names for ever-proliferating objects are given a voice here. The voice we recognize as the author's continually dissolves and re-emerges. Ernaux makes the passage of time palpable. Time itself, inexorable, narrates its own course, consigning all other narrators to anonymity. A new kind of autobiography emerges, at once subjective and impersonal, private and collective.
On its 2008 publication in France, The Years came as a surprise. Although Ernaux had, for years, been hailed as a beloved best-selling and award-winning author, The Years was in many ways a departure: both an intimate memoir written by entire generations and a story of generations telling a very personal story.
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- Nicola
- 12-02-25
A historical gift of immense proportions
I’m hoping that this will become a part of the curriculum for schools, for the young to pick apart, absorb and learn from. A possible view, blueprint, to explore similar personal time spans that hopefully enlighten through the truthful enquiring with heart and mind. Outstanding observation in a lifetime.
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- Emma
- 19-01-23
Wonderful
I Enjoyed this book enough to give it a second listen. And I might go back again!
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- roses are red
- 20-06-23
Groundbreaking
Ernaux uses the self as a conduit to channel a tale of social history from post war france to postmodernism and beyond. An incredible narrative feat
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- Pips
- 29-02-24
A reminiscent listen
It brought back memories of times past and included world events. Interesting and very well told.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-11-24
one of the best books i have read in the last years
extraordinary combination of the private and the national/ global view of the recent history, with observations that help viewing the current awful state of the world with a larger perspective
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- Barbaramcdonagh
- 17-11-23
Marvellous Read /Listen
This is a marvellous piece of work .It is important .I have listened to every word and acknowledged every sentence as worthy
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- Jollie
- 15-01-25
Absolutely loved that
What an unusual but amazing narrative. That was mesmerising. I wasn’t sure what was going on to begin with but once I acclimatised, I was swept into this amazingly vivid narrative.
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- B. J. Walsh
- 04-10-23
Brilliant life narrative
Acutely observed memoir, chronologically narrating a woman's life in France from 1941 to 2006. Bravely told (even though the memoirist herself is described in the third person) and a fascinating insight into French life since the war. Outstanding.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-01-23
Great memoir
The book captures a life in images and brief lists but it works well and is captivating.
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- Careful shopper
- 06-06-23
Compelling and moving
I listened practically all in one session. A marvellous evocation of what it is to live and grow older through history!
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