Simple Passions by Annie Ernaux

Simple Passions by Annie ErnauxIn her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all consuming passion. Blurring the line between fact and fiction, she attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her two year relationship with a married man where every word, event, and person either provides a connection with her beloved or is subject to her cold indifference. With courage and exactitude, Ernaux seeks the truth

' Margaret Drabble

via Brussels and Sweden

but Nora did not turn up

A collection of eighteen personal stories

With bombs and fires and bullies that hurt people

Ann is only too happy to indulge some of Patrick's more outlandish theories

some of the world's leading psychologists and thinkers - including a Nobel Prize winner - will show you

supported by my pusher

'Written with clarity

both working summer jobs

we were the helpless captives of our migratory patterns

It is a story about being unable to tell whether you are running towards your future or simply running away from your past