{"product_id":"shame-9781583220184","title":"Shame","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon,\" begins \u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e, the probing story of the 12 year old girl who will become the author herself, and the single traumatic memory that will echo and resonate throughout her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the emotionally rich voice of great fiction and the diamond-sharp analytical eye of a scientist, Annie Ernaux provides a powerful reflection on experience and the power of violent memory to endure through time, to determine the course of a life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50616648171794,"sku":"9781583220184","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c736e48e-d279-43bf-aed6-5373317fce00.jpg?v=1732506527","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shame-9781583220184","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}