{"product_id":"the-years-west-end-edition-9781839044496","title":"The Years: (West End Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Memory pairs the dead with the living, real with imaginary beings, dreams with history.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe strikes a pose and the camera shutter clicks... A child playing in the debris of the Second World War. Click. A student discovering parties and men's bodies. Click. An activist fighting for the right to choose. Click. A wife picking out a velvet sofa. Click. A mother taking her eldest to judo. Click. A lover, seducing a younger man. Click. A grandmother presenting her granddaughter to the camera. Click.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Years\/Les années\u003c\/i\u003e is Annie Ernaux's critically acclaimed \"masterpiece\" (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e), charting a woman's personal and political life against the backdrop of a rapidly changing post-war Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnie Ernaux\u003c\/b\u003e is a French writer who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature. Her works include the 2008 historical memoir \u003ci\u003eLes Années\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Years\u003c\/i\u003e), which won the Marguerite Duras Prize and the 2016 Strega European Prize. Translated by Alison L. Strayer, \u003ci\u003eThe Years\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the International Booker Prize in 2019, and won the 2019 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEline Arbo\u003c\/b\u003e is a theatre director. She has been Artistic Director at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam since 2023. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephanie Bain\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of Programming and Literary at the Almeida Theatre, London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648821920018,"sku":"9781839044496","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8186019-5100-4311-ad88-5acbecc5399b.jpg?v=1759834845","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-years-west-end-edition-9781839044496","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}