{"product_id":"a-mans-place-paperback","title":"A Man's Place - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnie Ernaux\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTanya Leslie\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eFrancine Prose\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnnie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her practical examination for a teaching certificate. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's cold observation reveals the shame that haunted her father throughout his life. She scrutinizes the importance he attributed to manners and language that came so unnaturally to him as he struggled to provide for his family with a grocery store and cafe in rural France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the course of the book, Ernaux grows up to become the uncompromising observer now familiar to the world, while her father matures into old age with a staid appreciation for life as it is and for a daughter he cautiously, even reluctantly admires. \u003ci\u003eA Man's Place\u003c\/i\u003e is the companion book to her critically acclaimed memoir about her mother, \u003ci\u003e A Woman's Story\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1940, ANNIE ERNAUX grew up in Normandy, studied at Rouen University, and began teaching high school. From 1977 to 2000, she was a professor at the Centre National d'Enseignement par Correspondance. Her books, in particular \u003ci\u003eA Man's Place\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Woman's Story\u003c\/i\u003e, have become contemporary classics in France. She won the prestigious Prix Renaudot for \u003ci\u003eA Man's Place\u003c\/i\u003e when it was first published in French in 1984. The English edition was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize. The English edition of \u003ci\u003eA Woman's Story \u003c\/i\u003ewas a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247685910777,"sku":"9781609804039","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RFNyaCtTZW55L015bFhRREJrNVZ0dz09.webp?v=1768627010","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-mans-place-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}