The Years
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Narrated by:
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Anna Bentinck
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Written by:
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Annie Ernaux
About this listen
The Years is a personal narrative of the period of 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present - even projections into the future - photos, books, songs, radio, television, and decades of advertising and headlines, contrasted with intimate conflicts and written notes from six decades of diaries. Local dialect, words of the time, slogans, brands, and names for ever-proliferating objects are given a voice here. The voice we recognize as the author's continually dissolves and re-emerges. Ernaux makes the passage of time palpable. Time itself, inexorable, narrates its own course, consigning all other narrators to anonymity. A new kind of autobiography emerges, at once subjective and impersonal, private and collective.
On its 2008 publication in France, The Years came as a surprise. Although Ernaux had, for years, been hailed as a beloved best-selling and award-winning author, The Years was in many ways a departure: both an intimate memoir written by entire generations and a story of generations telling a very personal story.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Rakesh Agrawal
- 12-10-22
History through a woman's eyes
Ernaux takes the reader through the tomoultous years when the world goes through social, political, economical and technological upheaval. But, it's a little regional centric, as it mostly talk about French politics and society, understandably so, as she is a French, but a true author, more so, a Nobel winner, must transgress these countries and she has left India untouched, where a fascist regime is determined to destroy it's thousands of years old composite culture of plurality, and all-acceptance.
Nevertheless, a valuable book.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- S P Singh
- 01-11-22
Description of various phases of life
The writer has good command over minutest details associated with persons and places. Very interesting narrative. Enjoyed the listening of the book.
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