How can I survive that kiss?
Parent-child relationships are complex and never more so than when the roles become reversed. Annie Ernaux presents the sparse truth in I Remain in Darkness. The thoughts she wrote down…
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16 April 2023How can I survive that kiss?
Parent-child relationships are complex and never more so than when the roles become reversed. Annie Ernaux presents the sparse truth in I Remain in Da... -
24 April 2022Love and power
Irreverent, funny story that reminded me of my own mother, who dabbled in astrology and tarot cards before becoming fanatically religious with a hotli... -
23 February 2022Truth is scattered into many kinds of du...
Written with devastating and biting honesty, the brevity and precision of this French ‘récit’, which is filled with moments of irony, far... -
28 December 2021Barely digestible
Imagine Monica from Friends reaching her late 30s and neurotically not wanting to free herself from an abusive relationship: wife leaves husband when ... -
16 September 2021The Inseparables
With unsurprising spoiler Censored in its day, the coming-of-age novella by France’s most significant 20th century feminist, Simone de Beauvoir, now...
Love and power
Irreverent, funny story that reminded me of my own mother, who dabbled in astrology and tarot cards before becoming fanatically religious with a hotline to God almighty who bestowed upon…
Truth is scattered into many kinds of dust
Written with devastating and biting honesty, the brevity and precision of this French ‘récit’, which is filled with moments of irony, farce and anecdote against the backdrop of the Third…
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