In 1963, Annie Ernaux, twenty-three 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 the child. 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 ended up in a hospital emergency ward where she nearly died. In Happening, Ernaux sifts through her memories and her journal entries dating from those days. Clearly, cleanly, she gleans the meanings of her experience.
© 2019 Dreamscape Media (Ljudbok): 9781666557480
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Ljudbok: 10 december 2019
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In 1963, Annie Ernaux, twenty-three 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 the child. 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 ended up in a hospital emergency ward where she nearly died. In Happening, Ernaux sifts through her memories and her journal entries dating from those days. Clearly, cleanly, she gleans the meanings of her experience.
© 2019 Dreamscape Media (Ljudbok): 9781666557480
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Carina
13 nov. 2022
Kvinnors ständiga kamp ! Tyvärr högaktuell än idag 👿
T
8 okt. 2022
Nobelpristagare. In och lyssna eller läs boken.
Måns
29 nov. 2022
Lite väl förutsägbar i min smak. A Girl's Story gav mig mer. Med, det är klart att Ernaux kan skriva. Jag vill dock tolka mer själv.
Amir
25 dec. 2022
Det var interessant att få kunna uppleva berättelsen. Språket är väldigt enkelt men det finns inga plot, tycker jag.
Marianne
11 dec. 2022
Självbiografiskt av Annie E. Älskar hennes sätt att skriva. En underbar bok.
Joakim
3 okt. 2022
Skön still att berätta utan att tvinga på läsaren känslor
DiAne
30 sep. 2023
Interesting, wpmens history
Anna
10 okt. 2022
Tidsdokument som väcker omtanke om de kvinnor som inte tillåts abort idag.
Lollo
13 jan. 2023
Stark berättelse samtidigt som den är vardagligt berättad. Givande lyssning
Björn
21 okt. 2022
Bra bok om en kvinnas val. Självutlämnande. Fint språk och Bra inläsning.
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