A Man's Place: Annie Ernaux

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Un relato bastante corto el cual está destinado básicamente a recordar al padre de la autora, Annie Ernaux (1940), mediante un texto autobiográfico. Il posto non è certo quello di lavoro, l’impiego, anche se la trasformazione sociale e le differenze di classe sono molto importanti in quest’opera. As for the book itself, A Man's Place , which won the prestigious Prix Renaudot in 1984, is a fascinating overview of Annie Ernaux's complex relationship with her father. What would you do if you were stuck in a train's first-class compartment with people who enjoyed the highest position in society? Od pomoći mogu samo biti trunčice sećanja, niti koje nas vezuju sa nama samima i sa onima zbog kojih smo tu gde jesmo.

My parents were both from very poor rural families and were the first in their family to go to university and then make good careers for themselves in the city and abroad.

Here lies an interesting dilemma, that is to indulge in personal reminiscences or to tear oneself from the subjective point of view. Um mundo em que não se devia ambicionar mais que os outros, o medo de ter vergonha, a timidez perante as pessoas que se considerava importantes, a obsessão do Que pensarão de nós? Il a toujours appelé ainsi le travail de la terre, l’autre sens de culture, le spirituel, lui était inutile. cuốn sách gây ấn tượng bởi sự giản dị và đi vào lòng tôi bởi sự chân thành, tình yêu của người con gái đối với bố nhưng lại cứ tỏ ra dửng dưng, chối bỏ tình cảm ấy. Desde luego no siento ningún placer al escribir, en este empeño por mantenerme lo más cerca posible de las palabras y las frases oídas…Nada de poesía del recuerdo, nada de alegre regocijo.

More than that, it acknowledges how much her father (and perhaps Ernaux herself) are influenced by place, and the roots they both come from. Terminei de pôr em dia a herança que tive de depositar na soleira do mundo burguês e culto quando nele entrei. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labour, Ernaux’s father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection.I have read A Woman’s Story by the author previously, which was about her mother, A Man’s Place is apparently about her father. içine girdiğim burjuva ve kültürlü dünyanın eşiğinde bırakmak zorunda kaldığım mirası gün ışığına çıkarma işini bitirdim. The writing of the author is somewhat like a cross between family history and sociology, reality and fiction, it could be said to be an effort to delve deep inside your subconscious mind to find what lies there, a sort of unseen truth which could only be brought out to the life through something fragile but tangible such as words. Note: In my notes at one point in the book early on I made this comment, ‘can’t believe what I’m reading.