“It seems to her that her education is more than just a way to escape poverty. It is a weapon of choice against stagnation in a kind of feminine condition that arouses her pity, the tendency to lose oneself in a man, which she has experienced, and of which she is ashamed. She feels no desire to marry or have children. Mothering and the life of the mind seem incompatible. In any case, she'd be sure to be a bad mother. Her ideal is the union libre in the poem by Andre Breton.”
Annie Ernaux, born on September 1, 1940, is a renowned French writer known for her autobiographical novels. Her works delve into the relationship between personal memory and history, as well as the impact of social class on individual destiny. more
“Better a day too early than a day too late”
“Only if you work as hard as you can, and more, Chinnaya. Only if you work your hardest.”
“Stencil had called from a Hungarian coffee shop on York Avenue known as Hungarian Coffee Shop”
“Here was a Jewish man-turned-woman making fun of Jewish men for not being manly enough.”