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丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱
亘丿賵賳 兀丿賳賶 卮賰貙 鬲亘丿賵 丌賳賷 廿乇賳賵 丕賱賷賵賲貙 賵丕丨丿丞 賲賳 兀賰孬乇 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丕鬲 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丕鬲 丨囟賵乇丕 賵兀賰孬乇賴賳 卮賴乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱爻丕丨丞 丕賱兀丿亘賷丞 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丞 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇丞貙 賮賰賱 賰鬲丕亘 賲賳 賰鬲亘賴丕貙 賱丕 亘丿賾 賵兀賳 賷爻賷賱 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱丨亘乇 賵丕賱賲鬲丕亘毓丕鬲 丕賱氐丨丕賮賷丞 賵丕賱賳賯丿. 乇亘賲丕 賷毓賵丿 匕賱賰 廿賱賶 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲賯丕胤毓 賲毓 爻賷乇鬲賴丕 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞. 賴匕賴 丕賱爻賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 亘丿兀鬲 毓丕賲 1940 賮賷 賲丿賷賳丞 芦賱賷賱亘賵賳禄 (丕賱爻賷賳 賭 賲丕乇賷鬲賷賲)貙 丨賷孬 賳卮兀鬲 賮賷 賰賳賮 毓丕卅賱丞 賲鬲賵丕囟毓丞貙 賮賷 芦廿賷賮鬲賵禄 (賲賳胤賯丞 丕賱賳賵乇賲丕賳丿賷).
噩丕亍 賲賵鬲 卮賯賷賯鬲賴丕 丕賱亘賰乇 亘賲乇囟 芦丕賱丿賮鬲賷乇賷丕禄 (丕賱匕亘丕丨 兀賵 丕賱禺丕賳賵賯) 賭 賯亘賱 賲賵賱丿賴丕 賭 賱賷爻賲 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱賱丕丨賯丞. 賵亘毓丿 兀賳 鬲丕亘毓鬲 丿乇丕爻鬲賴丕 賮賷 丕賱丌丿丕亘 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇丞貙 丿乇賾爻鬲 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丞貙 賵鬲夭賵噩鬲 毓丕賲 1964 賲賳 乇噩賱 賷賳鬲賲賷 廿賱賶 丕賱亘賵乇噩賵丕夭賷丞 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞. 氐丿乇鬲 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 丕賱兀賵賱賶 芦丕賱禺夭丕卅賳 丕賱賮丕乇睾丞禄 毓丕賲 1974 賵丕爻鬲賲乇鬲 賮賷 丕賱鬲丿乇賷爻 丨鬲賶 毓丕賲 .1977 賵丨賷賳 丕賳賮氐賱鬲 毓賳 夭賵噩賴丕 毓丕賲 1980 賰丕賳鬲 賯丿 兀賳噩亘鬲 胤賮賱賷賳. 毓丕賲 1984 賳卮乇鬲 乇賵丕賷丞 芦丕賱爻丕丨丞禄貙 賰鬲丕亘 爻乇丿賷 氐睾賷乇 丕爻鬲丿毓鬲 賮賷賴 氐毓賵丿賴丕 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 丕賱匕賷 噩毓賱賴丕 鬲亘鬲毓丿 毓賳 兀賴賱賴丕. 噩丕亍 賰鬲丕亘 芦丕賱爻丕丨丞禄 賱賷卮賰賱 丕賱毓賲賱 賭 丕賱賲賮鬲丕丨貙 賱賲丕 毓乇賮 賮賷 賲丕 亘毓丿 亘丕爻賲 鬲賷賾丕乇 芦丕賱鬲禺賷賷賱 丕賱匕丕鬲賷禄貙 賵賯丿 鬲乇噩賲 廿賱賶 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 賱睾丕鬲 丕賱毓丕賱賲貙 賵賱賷丨夭 毓賱賶 噩丕卅夭丞 芦乇賵賳賵丿賵禄. 亘丿亍丕 賲賳 匕賱賰 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 亘丿兀鬲 賰鬲丕亘丞 廿乇賳賵 芦丕賱賲賷賳賷賲丕賱賷丞禄 鬲鬲乇賰夭 毓亘乇 爻亘乇 兀睾賵丕乇 丕賱丨賲賷賲賷 貙 兀賰丕賳 匕賱賰 毓亘乇 卮賰賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 芦丕賱兀賵鬲賵亘賷賵睾乇丕賮賷丞禄 (丕賱爻賷乇丞 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞) 兀賵 毓亘乇 卮賰賱 芦丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲禄貙 廿匕 鬲禺賱鬲 毓賳 賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱賲鬲禺賷賱丞 丕賱鬲賯賱賷丿賷丞貙 賱鬲乇賰夭 毓賱賶 鬲賱賰 芦丕賱乇賵丕賷丞禄 丕賱賲爻鬲賲丿丞 芦兀丨丿丕孬賴丕禄 賲賳 爻賷乇鬲賴丕貙 丨賷孬 鬲鬲賯丕胤毓 賮賷賴丕 丕賱鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 賲毓 丕賱鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱賮乇丿賷丞. 賲賳 賴賳丕 兀氐亘丨賳丕 賳噩丿 兀賳 賰賱賾 乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丞 丌賳賷 廿乇賳賵貙 鬲丿賵乇 丨賵賱 芦鬲賷賲丞禄 賲毓賷賳丞. 賮賮賷 賰鬲丕亘 芦丕賲乇兀丞禄貙 (鬲乇噩賲鬲賴 廿賱賶 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 丕賱卮丕毓乇丞 丕賱賲氐乇賷丞 賴丿賶 丨爻賷賳貙 賲孬賱賲丕 鬲乇噩賲鬲 賱廿乇賳賵 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱兀禺乇賶)貙 鬲鬲丨丿孬 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 毓賳 兀賲賴丕貙 賵毓賳 丕賱丕賳鬲馗丕乇 丕賱毓丕卮賯 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘 芦卮睾賮 亘爻賷胤禄 賵毓賳 丕賱廿噩賴丕囟 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘 芦丕賱丨丿孬禄貙 丕賱禺... 毓亘乇 賱睾丞 禺丕賱賷丞 賲賳 鬲夭賷賷賳 兀爻賱賵亘賷.
賮賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 賴匕賴 芦丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱禄貙 賳噩丿 賲賵囟賵毓丞 芦丕賱睾賷乇丞禄貙 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳爻噩 丨賵賱賴丕 賯氐丞 噩賲賷賱丞. 匕丕鬲 賷賵賲貙 鬲毓賱賲 丕賱乇丕賵賷丞 亘兀賳 毓卮賷賯賴丕 丕賱爻丕亘賯 賭 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳鬲 賯丿 睾丕丿乇鬲賴 賴賷貙 乇丕賮囟丞 兀賳 鬲爻鬲賲乇 賮賷 丕賱毓賷卮 賲毓賴貙 亘毓丿 兀賳 胤乇丿鬲賴 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賴丕貙 賱兀賳賴丕 鬲乇賮囟 亘卮賰賱 賲胤賱賯 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱鬲賯賱賷丿賷丞 亘賷賳 夭賵噩賷賳 賵亘禺丕氐丞 兀賳 夭賵丕噩賴丕 丕賱匕賷 丿丕賲 賱賲丿丞 18 爻賳丞 賰丕賳 兀卮亘賴 亘爻噩賳貙 賵賴賷 鬲鬲賲鬲毓 丕賱賷賵賲 亘丨乇賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賯氐賵賶 賭 賯丿 丕鬲禺匕 賱賳賮爻賴 氐丿賷賯丞 噩丿賷丿丞. 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱禺亘乇貙 鬲鬲賵賱丿 毓賳丿賴丕貙 睾賷乇丞 賯丕鬲賱丞貙 鬲噩鬲丕丨 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 賱丿乇噩丞 兀賳 丕賱乇丕賵賷丞 賱賲 鬲毓丿 鬲丨鬲賲賱 賴匕丕 丕賱兀賱賲 丕賱賮馗賷毓貙 丕賱匕賷 賷賱賮賴丕 賵賱丕 賷丿毓賴丕 鬲賮賰乇 亘兀賷 卮賷亍 丌禺乇貙 賱睾丕賷丞 廿毓賱丕賳賴丕 亘兀賳賴丕 兀氐亘丨鬲 芦賲丨鬲賱丞禄 賲賳 賯亘賱 賲賳丕賮爻鬲賴丕 賵睾乇賷賲鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丐乇賯賴丕 胤賷賱丞 賱丨馗丕鬲 賳賴丕乇賴丕 (賵乇亘賲丕 賱賷賱賴丕 兀賷囟丕). 賵賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱兀乇賯貙 鬲賰鬲亘 廿乇賳賵 芦賲賵鬲賷賮丕鬲禄 丕賱賴賵爻 賵丕賱賮賯丿丕賳 賵毓匕丕亘 丕賱毓卮賯.
噩丕亍 賲賵鬲 卮賯賷賯鬲賴丕 丕賱亘賰乇 亘賲乇囟 芦丕賱丿賮鬲賷乇賷丕禄 (丕賱匕亘丕丨 兀賵 丕賱禺丕賳賵賯) 賭 賯亘賱 賲賵賱丿賴丕 賭 賱賷爻賲 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱賱丕丨賯丞. 賵亘毓丿 兀賳 鬲丕亘毓鬲 丿乇丕爻鬲賴丕 賮賷 丕賱丌丿丕亘 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇丞貙 丿乇賾爻鬲 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丞貙 賵鬲夭賵噩鬲 毓丕賲 1964 賲賳 乇噩賱 賷賳鬲賲賷 廿賱賶 丕賱亘賵乇噩賵丕夭賷丞 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞. 氐丿乇鬲 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 丕賱兀賵賱賶 芦丕賱禺夭丕卅賳 丕賱賮丕乇睾丞禄 毓丕賲 1974 賵丕爻鬲賲乇鬲 賮賷 丕賱鬲丿乇賷爻 丨鬲賶 毓丕賲 .1977 賵丨賷賳 丕賳賮氐賱鬲 毓賳 夭賵噩賴丕 毓丕賲 1980 賰丕賳鬲 賯丿 兀賳噩亘鬲 胤賮賱賷賳. 毓丕賲 1984 賳卮乇鬲 乇賵丕賷丞 芦丕賱爻丕丨丞禄貙 賰鬲丕亘 爻乇丿賷 氐睾賷乇 丕爻鬲丿毓鬲 賮賷賴 氐毓賵丿賴丕 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 丕賱匕賷 噩毓賱賴丕 鬲亘鬲毓丿 毓賳 兀賴賱賴丕. 噩丕亍 賰鬲丕亘 芦丕賱爻丕丨丞禄 賱賷卮賰賱 丕賱毓賲賱 賭 丕賱賲賮鬲丕丨貙 賱賲丕 毓乇賮 賮賷 賲丕 亘毓丿 亘丕爻賲 鬲賷賾丕乇 芦丕賱鬲禺賷賷賱 丕賱匕丕鬲賷禄貙 賵賯丿 鬲乇噩賲 廿賱賶 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 賱睾丕鬲 丕賱毓丕賱賲貙 賵賱賷丨夭 毓賱賶 噩丕卅夭丞 芦乇賵賳賵丿賵禄. 亘丿亍丕 賲賳 匕賱賰 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 亘丿兀鬲 賰鬲丕亘丞 廿乇賳賵 芦丕賱賲賷賳賷賲丕賱賷丞禄 鬲鬲乇賰夭 毓亘乇 爻亘乇 兀睾賵丕乇 丕賱丨賲賷賲賷 貙 兀賰丕賳 匕賱賰 毓亘乇 卮賰賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 芦丕賱兀賵鬲賵亘賷賵睾乇丕賮賷丞禄 (丕賱爻賷乇丞 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞) 兀賵 毓亘乇 卮賰賱 芦丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲禄貙 廿匕 鬲禺賱鬲 毓賳 賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱賲鬲禺賷賱丞 丕賱鬲賯賱賷丿賷丞貙 賱鬲乇賰夭 毓賱賶 鬲賱賰 芦丕賱乇賵丕賷丞禄 丕賱賲爻鬲賲丿丞 芦兀丨丿丕孬賴丕禄 賲賳 爻賷乇鬲賴丕貙 丨賷孬 鬲鬲賯丕胤毓 賮賷賴丕 丕賱鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 賲毓 丕賱鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱賮乇丿賷丞. 賲賳 賴賳丕 兀氐亘丨賳丕 賳噩丿 兀賳 賰賱賾 乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丞 丌賳賷 廿乇賳賵貙 鬲丿賵乇 丨賵賱 芦鬲賷賲丞禄 賲毓賷賳丞. 賮賮賷 賰鬲丕亘 芦丕賲乇兀丞禄貙 (鬲乇噩賲鬲賴 廿賱賶 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 丕賱卮丕毓乇丞 丕賱賲氐乇賷丞 賴丿賶 丨爻賷賳貙 賲孬賱賲丕 鬲乇噩賲鬲 賱廿乇賳賵 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱兀禺乇賶)貙 鬲鬲丨丿孬 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 毓賳 兀賲賴丕貙 賵毓賳 丕賱丕賳鬲馗丕乇 丕賱毓丕卮賯 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘 芦卮睾賮 亘爻賷胤禄 賵毓賳 丕賱廿噩賴丕囟 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘 芦丕賱丨丿孬禄貙 丕賱禺... 毓亘乇 賱睾丞 禺丕賱賷丞 賲賳 鬲夭賷賷賳 兀爻賱賵亘賷.
賮賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 賴匕賴 芦丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱禄貙 賳噩丿 賲賵囟賵毓丞 芦丕賱睾賷乇丞禄貙 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳爻噩 丨賵賱賴丕 賯氐丞 噩賲賷賱丞. 匕丕鬲 賷賵賲貙 鬲毓賱賲 丕賱乇丕賵賷丞 亘兀賳 毓卮賷賯賴丕 丕賱爻丕亘賯 賭 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳鬲 賯丿 睾丕丿乇鬲賴 賴賷貙 乇丕賮囟丞 兀賳 鬲爻鬲賲乇 賮賷 丕賱毓賷卮 賲毓賴貙 亘毓丿 兀賳 胤乇丿鬲賴 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賴丕貙 賱兀賳賴丕 鬲乇賮囟 亘卮賰賱 賲胤賱賯 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱鬲賯賱賷丿賷丞 亘賷賳 夭賵噩賷賳 賵亘禺丕氐丞 兀賳 夭賵丕噩賴丕 丕賱匕賷 丿丕賲 賱賲丿丞 18 爻賳丞 賰丕賳 兀卮亘賴 亘爻噩賳貙 賵賴賷 鬲鬲賲鬲毓 丕賱賷賵賲 亘丨乇賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賯氐賵賶 賭 賯丿 丕鬲禺匕 賱賳賮爻賴 氐丿賷賯丞 噩丿賷丿丞. 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱禺亘乇貙 鬲鬲賵賱丿 毓賳丿賴丕貙 睾賷乇丞 賯丕鬲賱丞貙 鬲噩鬲丕丨 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 賱丿乇噩丞 兀賳 丕賱乇丕賵賷丞 賱賲 鬲毓丿 鬲丨鬲賲賱 賴匕丕 丕賱兀賱賲 丕賱賮馗賷毓貙 丕賱匕賷 賷賱賮賴丕 賵賱丕 賷丿毓賴丕 鬲賮賰乇 亘兀賷 卮賷亍 丌禺乇貙 賱睾丕賷丞 廿毓賱丕賳賴丕 亘兀賳賴丕 兀氐亘丨鬲 芦賲丨鬲賱丞禄 賲賳 賯亘賱 賲賳丕賮爻鬲賴丕 賵睾乇賷賲鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丐乇賯賴丕 胤賷賱丞 賱丨馗丕鬲 賳賴丕乇賴丕 (賵乇亘賲丕 賱賷賱賴丕 兀賷囟丕). 賵賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱兀乇賯貙 鬲賰鬲亘 廿乇賳賵 芦賲賵鬲賷賮丕鬲禄 丕賱賴賵爻 賵丕賱賮賯丿丕賳 賵毓匕丕亘 丕賱毓卮賯.
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First published September 1, 2002
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Annie Ernaux
85听books8,903听followersThe author of some twenty works of fiction and memoir, Annie Ernaux is considered by many to be France鈥檚 most important writer. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She has also won the Prix Renaudot for A Man's Place and the Marguerite Yourcenar Prize for her body of work. More recently she received the International Strega Prize, the Prix Formentor, the French-American Translation Prize, and the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation for The Years, which was also shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2019. Her other works include Exteriors, A Girl's Story, A Woman's Story, The Possession, Simple Passion, Happening, I Remain in Darkness, Shame, A Frozen Woman, and A Man's Place.
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Nobel prize in literature 2022 "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory"
The other woman
The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city, the whole world, with a person you have never met.
When a friend who was reading this book recently posted this quote, I knew this brief book would become my first foray into the work of Annie Ernaux. Insecurity, uncertainty, low self-esteem, a brain working on perpetual overtime, generating new scenario鈥檚 endlessly, a mind filling in the blanks and giving disconcerting answers, the threat of the unknown鈥� as it seemed I was losing myself in a maelstrom of emotions I didn鈥檛 recognize or understand, I was randomly looking for an anchor, perhaps a second opinion on a self-diagnosis in fiction dealing with jealously, wondering (and still not sure) if that was the name for the feelings of restlessness, sorrow and anxiety which were tormenting me at that moment, gliding into an interior state in which my mind seemed completely taken over by my imagination, insomnia included.
As a quick search bringing forth left me somewhat dissatisfied, the emergence on my radar of this book on the obsession of a woman on the new woman in the life of her ex seemed eerily timely. I wouldn鈥檛 hesitate to recommend it as an brilliant study through self-analysis of the devastating power of this kind of thoughts and emotions from a female perspective.
I was no longer free in my daydreams. I was no longer the subject even of my own fantasies. I was being inhabited by a woman I had never seen.
After she has left her lover W., the narrator gets entirely obsessed by the new woman in his life, trying to track her like a detective with the few clues that her ex discloses on her in their on-going encounters, investigating the pieces on her life which she carefully extorts from him and which enable her to go on building her own imaginary castles of mental torture.
For the first time, I could clearly perceive the material nature of feelings and emotions 鈥� I physically felt their consistency, their form but also their independence, their perfect freedom with respect to my consciousness.
In this succinct, raw and uncomfortably intense analysis the narrator dissects how she gets occupied by and eventually frees herself from emotions so awkward and humiliating one would prefer to hide them from the outside world as one is hardly able to admit them to oneself - her writing helping her to transform them and stop the new woman from taking possession of her thoughts. Noticing that her standards on behaviour she previously would have ridiculed or denounced are shifting, the narrator gradually becomes aware that the irrationality of her thoughts and emotions is barely tolerable and destructive, realising in the end they are especially self-destructive.
I beg to differ with 贰谤苍补耻虫鈥檚 assertion that the Other is the main source of our suffering as well as of our happiness. L鈥檈nfer, c鈥檈st les autres? No, this kind of suffering is deeply rooted in ourselves and our own issues, it is a kind of suffering which is self-inflicted and cannot be cured but by calling your mind to order (hard as such is). I was surprised by that statement, as throughout her entire discourse Ernaux seems to illustrate how it is your own mind which can be your worst enemy, in this matter making you suffer more than a person鈥檚 real acts can do. Which doesn鈥檛 mean the narrator鈥檚 suffering, nor her feelings of powerlessness against the other鈥檚 woman鈥檚 existence or her feelings of inferiority can be simply solved by denying them, therefore their impact is all too real and fragilizing her identity: In the self-erasure that is the state of jealously, which transforms every difference into a lack , it was not only my body, my face, that were devaluated but also my occupation 鈥� my entire being.
Like people made fragile by disease or depression, I was an echo chamber for all pain everywhere.
A dark, at times brutal, unsettling and fascinating descent into the convoluted human mind and heart.
(pictures by Gary Isaacs)
The other woman
The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city, the whole world, with a person you have never met.
When a friend who was reading this book recently posted this quote, I knew this brief book would become my first foray into the work of Annie Ernaux. Insecurity, uncertainty, low self-esteem, a brain working on perpetual overtime, generating new scenario鈥檚 endlessly, a mind filling in the blanks and giving disconcerting answers, the threat of the unknown鈥� as it seemed I was losing myself in a maelstrom of emotions I didn鈥檛 recognize or understand, I was randomly looking for an anchor, perhaps a second opinion on a self-diagnosis in fiction dealing with jealously, wondering (and still not sure) if that was the name for the feelings of restlessness, sorrow and anxiety which were tormenting me at that moment, gliding into an interior state in which my mind seemed completely taken over by my imagination, insomnia included.
As a quick search bringing forth left me somewhat dissatisfied, the emergence on my radar of this book on the obsession of a woman on the new woman in the life of her ex seemed eerily timely. I wouldn鈥檛 hesitate to recommend it as an brilliant study through self-analysis of the devastating power of this kind of thoughts and emotions from a female perspective.
I was no longer free in my daydreams. I was no longer the subject even of my own fantasies. I was being inhabited by a woman I had never seen.
After she has left her lover W., the narrator gets entirely obsessed by the new woman in his life, trying to track her like a detective with the few clues that her ex discloses on her in their on-going encounters, investigating the pieces on her life which she carefully extorts from him and which enable her to go on building her own imaginary castles of mental torture.
For the first time, I could clearly perceive the material nature of feelings and emotions 鈥� I physically felt their consistency, their form but also their independence, their perfect freedom with respect to my consciousness.
In this succinct, raw and uncomfortably intense analysis the narrator dissects how she gets occupied by and eventually frees herself from emotions so awkward and humiliating one would prefer to hide them from the outside world as one is hardly able to admit them to oneself - her writing helping her to transform them and stop the new woman from taking possession of her thoughts. Noticing that her standards on behaviour she previously would have ridiculed or denounced are shifting, the narrator gradually becomes aware that the irrationality of her thoughts and emotions is barely tolerable and destructive, realising in the end they are especially self-destructive.
I beg to differ with 贰谤苍补耻虫鈥檚 assertion that the Other is the main source of our suffering as well as of our happiness. L鈥檈nfer, c鈥檈st les autres? No, this kind of suffering is deeply rooted in ourselves and our own issues, it is a kind of suffering which is self-inflicted and cannot be cured but by calling your mind to order (hard as such is). I was surprised by that statement, as throughout her entire discourse Ernaux seems to illustrate how it is your own mind which can be your worst enemy, in this matter making you suffer more than a person鈥檚 real acts can do. Which doesn鈥檛 mean the narrator鈥檚 suffering, nor her feelings of powerlessness against the other鈥檚 woman鈥檚 existence or her feelings of inferiority can be simply solved by denying them, therefore their impact is all too real and fragilizing her identity: In the self-erasure that is the state of jealously, which transforms every difference into a lack , it was not only my body, my face, that were devaluated but also my occupation 鈥� my entire being.
Like people made fragile by disease or depression, I was an echo chamber for all pain everywhere.
A dark, at times brutal, unsettling and fascinating descent into the convoluted human mind and heart.
(pictures by Gary Isaacs)
March 12, 2024
鈥�To give a title to the moments of one鈥檚 life, the way one does at school for literary passages, is perhaps a way to master them?鈥�
When I first encountered Annie Ernaux I was impressed and eager for more, but after the raw intensity that is The Possession I would perch beside her throne and hiss like a cat at anyone who would so much look at her sideways. Ernaux has such a strong, defined voice and personality that it feels as if it's always leaping out from the pages as if her own perfectly chosen words can鈥檛 even contain it. What she does best is occupy the space of an emotion and brilliantly map it out like a landscape; here she deftly maneuvers through feelings of jealousy and obsession that have taken hold of her, possessed her every being. 鈥�I was being inhabited by a woman I had never seen,鈥� she writes of the 鈥極ther woman鈥� with whom her former lover has now decided to live with and over the course of this slim book we witness her project the Other woman into all the women around her as she obsesses with discovering her identity. Brimming with emotional intensity, yet restrained and almost clinical in her examinations of them, The Possession is a sharp book that will sear right into you as she opens the doors to interrogate herself at her most vulnerable and insecure, all while demonstrating the healing power of writing.
鈥�The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city - the whole world - with a person you may never have met.鈥�
贰谤苍补耻虫鈥檚 The Possession manages to be a sweeping portrait restrained into a singular idea and series of events. Framed as being written years later, reflecting upon the past, it opens as her younger lover, with whom she had a lengthy affair, has moved in with another woman and sets the new terms of their friendship. She had been hesitant to commit after divorcing and now he has moved on, once again with a woman older than himself who he refuses to name. 鈥�This absent name was a hole, a void around which I turned in circles,鈥� she says as she becomes obsessed with thoughts of this woman and ways in which she could identify her.
There is a mutli-faceted idea of possession here, being possessed with wanting to track her down (as it鈥檚 own way of possessing her) and the jealousy of no longer being possessed by her lover as the Other woman now is. We see her mind spiraling, the 鈥�incessant de-coding鈥� of everything he says to her, her plans and actions of finding out more and obsessive internet rabbit-holes of information to put together an impression of her Other. 鈥�I discovered that these details by which society defines a person鈥檚 identity, which we so easily dismiss as irrelevant to truly knowing someone, are in fact essential,鈥� she writes, 鈥�they were the only way to鈥onjure up a body, a lifestyle; to construct the image of an individual person.鈥� Much like the way Ernaux examined all the external details of society to discover the shape of her shame in Shame , here Ernaux attempts to define the shape of the Other鈥檚 void with personal details.
'It was as if, in this neighborhood which I had filled with the other woman鈥檚 existence, there was no room left for my own.'
While projecting the Other into every woman she encounters, she finds herself 鈥�an echo chamber for all pain everywhere,鈥� and 鈥�projected myself into all those who鈥攃razier or more audacious than me鈥攈ad in any way 鈥渂lown a fuse.鈥�鈥� A favorite moment is her sort of sick satisfaction in wonderinging--possibly hoping--her own behaviors will be some sort of cautionary tale men whisper in bars when discussing exes. There is a sense that she acknowledges the self-destructive urges that are slowly pulling her closer into action, but she finds a sense of power in them that she seems to find darkly delicious. She restrains herself, usually out of self preservation, but the book always feels teetering on the cliff of scandelous disaster.
鈥�Writing has been a way to save that which is no longer my reality鈥攁 sensation seizing me from head to foot, in the street鈥攂ut has become 鈥渢he possession,鈥� a period of time, circumscribed and completed.鈥�
Nothing satisfies and she becomes increasingly frustrated, thinking 鈥�But something more was needed, and I didn鈥檛 know where it would come from鈥攆rom chance, from the outside, or from within myself.鈥� An aspect I loved is how she turns to writing as a sort of exorcism that removes the desires from the self and onto a page to share, be it a letter to her former lover or to us, the reader of this very book: 鈥�it is no longer my desire, my jealousy, in these pages鈥攊t is of desire, of jealousy; I am working in invisible things.鈥� While each page is a gem, it is when she discusses her own memoir mechanics that I was most enraptured by her brilliant mind:
This is such an accurate look at what Ernaux seems to do with her autobiographical writing, reconstruction of the real in order to pass the emotional resonance directly into the reader while acknowledging that words are a flawed net with which we can attempt to define the shape of the reality that is forever eluding us as we are plunged forward by time.
鈥�The existence of this woman had become a reality, indestructible and atrocious. It was like a statue emerging from the mud.鈥�
Short, easily read in a single sitting, but with a raw emotion that lands in blow after blow, The Possession is a real treat. Ernaux has such a gift of voice that makes these relatively plotless investigations of memory into gripping reads that engulf you. Needless to say, I will be reading many more.
4.5/5
鈥�In the self-erasure that is the state of jealously, which transforms every difference into a lack , it was not only my body, my face, that were devaluated but also my occupation 鈥� my entire being.鈥�
When I first encountered Annie Ernaux I was impressed and eager for more, but after the raw intensity that is The Possession I would perch beside her throne and hiss like a cat at anyone who would so much look at her sideways. Ernaux has such a strong, defined voice and personality that it feels as if it's always leaping out from the pages as if her own perfectly chosen words can鈥檛 even contain it. What she does best is occupy the space of an emotion and brilliantly map it out like a landscape; here she deftly maneuvers through feelings of jealousy and obsession that have taken hold of her, possessed her every being. 鈥�I was being inhabited by a woman I had never seen,鈥� she writes of the 鈥極ther woman鈥� with whom her former lover has now decided to live with and over the course of this slim book we witness her project the Other woman into all the women around her as she obsesses with discovering her identity. Brimming with emotional intensity, yet restrained and almost clinical in her examinations of them, The Possession is a sharp book that will sear right into you as she opens the doors to interrogate herself at her most vulnerable and insecure, all while demonstrating the healing power of writing.
鈥�The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city - the whole world - with a person you may never have met.鈥�
贰谤苍补耻虫鈥檚 The Possession manages to be a sweeping portrait restrained into a singular idea and series of events. Framed as being written years later, reflecting upon the past, it opens as her younger lover, with whom she had a lengthy affair, has moved in with another woman and sets the new terms of their friendship. She had been hesitant to commit after divorcing and now he has moved on, once again with a woman older than himself who he refuses to name. 鈥�This absent name was a hole, a void around which I turned in circles,鈥� she says as she becomes obsessed with thoughts of this woman and ways in which she could identify her.
鈥�It seemed to me that to put a name to this woman would allow me to construct, out of what is always awakened by a word and its sounds, a personality type: to hold an image of her鈥攅ven if a completely false one鈥攊nside me. To know the name of the other woman was, in my own deficiency of being, to own a little part of her.鈥�
There is a mutli-faceted idea of possession here, being possessed with wanting to track her down (as it鈥檚 own way of possessing her) and the jealousy of no longer being possessed by her lover as the Other woman now is. We see her mind spiraling, the 鈥�incessant de-coding鈥� of everything he says to her, her plans and actions of finding out more and obsessive internet rabbit-holes of information to put together an impression of her Other. 鈥�I discovered that these details by which society defines a person鈥檚 identity, which we so easily dismiss as irrelevant to truly knowing someone, are in fact essential,鈥� she writes, 鈥�they were the only way to鈥onjure up a body, a lifestyle; to construct the image of an individual person.鈥� Much like the way Ernaux examined all the external details of society to discover the shape of her shame in Shame , here Ernaux attempts to define the shape of the Other鈥檚 void with personal details.
'It was as if, in this neighborhood which I had filled with the other woman鈥檚 existence, there was no room left for my own.'
While projecting the Other into every woman she encounters, she finds herself 鈥�an echo chamber for all pain everywhere,鈥� and 鈥�projected myself into all those who鈥攃razier or more audacious than me鈥攈ad in any way 鈥渂lown a fuse.鈥�鈥� A favorite moment is her sort of sick satisfaction in wonderinging--possibly hoping--her own behaviors will be some sort of cautionary tale men whisper in bars when discussing exes. There is a sense that she acknowledges the self-destructive urges that are slowly pulling her closer into action, but she finds a sense of power in them that she seems to find darkly delicious. She restrains herself, usually out of self preservation, but the book always feels teetering on the cliff of scandelous disaster.
鈥�Writing has been a way to save that which is no longer my reality鈥攁 sensation seizing me from head to foot, in the street鈥攂ut has become 鈥渢he possession,鈥� a period of time, circumscribed and completed.鈥�
Nothing satisfies and she becomes increasingly frustrated, thinking 鈥�But something more was needed, and I didn鈥檛 know where it would come from鈥攆rom chance, from the outside, or from within myself.鈥� An aspect I loved is how she turns to writing as a sort of exorcism that removes the desires from the self and onto a page to share, be it a letter to her former lover or to us, the reader of this very book: 鈥�it is no longer my desire, my jealousy, in these pages鈥攊t is of desire, of jealousy; I am working in invisible things.鈥� While each page is a gem, it is when she discusses her own memoir mechanics that I was most enraptured by her brilliant mind:
鈥�I am writing jealousy as I lived it, tracking and accumulating the desires, sensations, and actions that were mine during this period. It鈥檚 the only way for me to make something real of my obsession. And I am always afraid to let something essential escape. Writing, that is, as a jealousy of the real.鈥�
This is such an accurate look at what Ernaux seems to do with her autobiographical writing, reconstruction of the real in order to pass the emotional resonance directly into the reader while acknowledging that words are a flawed net with which we can attempt to define the shape of the reality that is forever eluding us as we are plunged forward by time.
鈥�The existence of this woman had become a reality, indestructible and atrocious. It was like a statue emerging from the mud.鈥�
Short, easily read in a single sitting, but with a raw emotion that lands in blow after blow, The Possession is a real treat. Ernaux has such a gift of voice that makes these relatively plotless investigations of memory into gripping reads that engulf you. Needless to say, I will be reading many more.
4.5/5
鈥�In the self-erasure that is the state of jealously, which transforms every difference into a lack , it was not only my body, my face, that were devaluated but also my occupation 鈥� my entire being.鈥�
May 11, 2023
Empezar茅 por el tir贸n de orejas a la editorial: dadas las pocas p谩ginas de esta novela y de 芦El hombre joven禄, escrita veinte a帽os despu茅s y que, supongo, tratan del mismo hombre, bien podr铆an haber publicado un volumen conjunto que nos evitara la sensaci贸n de estafa.
鈥淓staba en ambos sentidos de la palabra ocupada鈥�No obstante, quiero dejar claro que no me quejo de la brevedad del relato. Pese a su limitada extensi贸n, la novela abarca todo lo que concierne al caso, y la prolongaci贸n, quiz谩s, no hubiera sido otra cosa que repetir o remarcar innecesariamente lo ya bien dicho. Bien es cierto que tampoco hubiera hecho ascos a unas cuantas p谩ginas m谩s en las que seguir deleit谩ndome con la descripci贸n de su dolor y de las reflexiones a la que ese dolor la lleva, tal es el morbo que me provoca su impudor.
鈥淗e querido escribir como si tuviera que estar ausente cuando se publicara el texto. Escribir como si tuviera que morir y ya no hubiera jueces. Aunque sea una ilusi贸n, quiz谩, creer que el advenimiento de la verdad dependa solo de la muerte鈥�No es esta, la primera frase de la novela, la 煤nica con la que Ernaux intenta justificar su llamativo striptease sentimental, algo que con la autora viene siendo ya un lugar com煤n. Quiz谩s tambi茅n a ella le produzca cierto morbo abrirse de esta forma, reconocer tan crudamente los enfermizos celos que en ella surgieron al enterarse de que su examante, bastante m谩s joven que ella y al que ella misma dej贸, sal铆a con otra mujer, una mujer, para m谩s inri, tambi茅n bastante mayor que 茅l.
鈥淟o m谩s extraordinario de los celos es que se puebla una ciudad, el mundo, con un ser al que no se conoce de nada.鈥�He le铆do por ah铆 que esta novela es como un hijo menor de 芦Pura pasi贸n禄. No estoy de acuerdo. Aqu铆 no hay pasi贸n ni amor que valga, aqu铆 se trata de otro tema, otro tema mayor: la posesi贸n, el sufrimiento que supone dejar de poseer aquello que se considera propio casi por derecho natural.
鈥淎 veces vislumbraba que, si me hubiera dicho bruscamente 芦la dejo y vuelvo contigo禄, una vez pasado el primer minuto de felicidad absoluta鈥e habr铆a preguntado por qu茅 hab铆a querido conseguir aquello.鈥�De hecho, ese sufrimiento es, en cierta manera, tan ajeno a la persona que lo provoca que se tiene la sensaci贸n de que en cualquier momento se podr铆a terminar con 茅l mediante un simple acto de voluntad.
鈥淓n ciertos momentos, cada vez m谩s frecuentes, cre铆a fugazmente que podr铆a terminar con esa ocupaci贸n, romper el maleficio tan f谩cilmente como pasar de una habitaci贸n a otra鈥︹€�Siendo todo esto ya ciertamente perturbador, todav铆a falta la guinda del pastel: inseparable del dolor que ella sent铆a hab铆a una fuerza, cierta voluptuosidad por ese tormento. Tanto es as铆, que prefer铆a vivir aquello a otros 鈥渕omentos tranquilos y fruct铆feros鈥� de su vida, su dolor 鈥渉ac铆a que el mundo adquiriera un sentido鈥�.
鈥淓sa mujer me llenaba la cabeza, el pecho y el vientre, me acompa帽aba a todas partes, dictaba mis emociones. Al mismo tiempo, aquella presencia ininterrumpida me llevaba a vivir intensamente. Me provocaba sacudidas internas que nunca antes hab铆a conocido, desplegaba en m铆 una energ铆a, una inventiva de la que jam谩s me habr铆a cre铆do capaz, me manten铆a en una actividad febril y constante.鈥�
P.S. No quiero terminar mi comentario sin hacer menci贸n de un p谩rrafo que muestra lo mucho que ha cambiado en estos 煤ltimos a帽os la percepci贸n que se tiene de la violencia pasional. Estoy seguro de que hoy en d铆a se hubiera llevado m谩s de una cr铆tica por ello.
鈥淓ntend铆a por fin la benevolencia de los tribunales para con los llamados cr铆menes pasionales, su reticencia a aplicar la ley que exige que se castigue a un asesino, una ley fruto de la raz贸n y de la necesidad de vivir en sociedad pero que choca con otra, visceral: querer suprimir a aquel o aquella que haya invadido el cuerpo y la mente de uno.鈥�
September 4, 2024
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丕賱鬲賯賷賷賲 佗.佶
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丕賱鬲賯賷賷賲 佗.佶
October 31, 2022
Me muero, socia.
March 22, 2021
Ce n'est plus mon d茅sir, ma jalousie, qui sont dans ces pages, c'est du d茅sir, de la jalousie.
It is no longer my desire, my jealousy which is in these pages, it's desire, jealousy.
For all its brevity, Ernaux's meditation on jealousy when her lover leaves her for another woman is both intense and also coolly analytical. The narrator inhabits the body and consciousness of the jealous subject and yet is also watching 'her', her writer's brain fascinated by the psychological disruption and dislocation that has a rational woman descend into a fevered craziness that is eminently recognisable.
That 'l'occupation' of the title figures both the feeling of possession, of having been overtaken by an obsession from outside onself, but also the 'occupation' of the writer who views emotional turmoil as prime material for copy - confession, performance and spectacle all rolled up into one blazing, searing, self-conscious text.
January 4, 2025
"唳堗Π唰嵿Ψ唳� 唳膏Ξ唰嵿Μ唳ㄠ唳о 唳膏Μ唳氞唳唰� 唳嗋Χ唰嵿唳班唳� 唳唳唳唳� 唳灌唰嵿唰� 唳 唳む 唳唳班唳� 唳曕Π唰� 唳唳侧Δ唰� 唳唳班 唳唳班 唳忇唳熰 唳多唳� - 唳膏Ξ唳椸唳� 唳唳ム唳 - 唳忇Ξ唳� 唳忇 唳唳唰嵿Δ唳苦Π 唳膏唳ム 唳唳� 唳膏唰嵿唰� 唳む唳唳� 唳灌Ο唳监Δ唰� 唳曕唳ㄠ 唳︵唳栢唳� 唳灌Ο唳监Θ唳苦イ"
唳ㄠ唳� 唳囙Ο唳监Π唰嵿 唳熰唳囙Ξ唳� 唳唳� 唳班唳唳� 唳嗋Θ唳� 唳忇Π唰嵿Θ唰�'唳� 唳椸Ζ唰嵿Ο唳曕 "stripped down prose" 唳Σ唰� 唳呧Ν唳苦唳苦Δ 唳曕Π唰囙唰囙イ the possession 唳Α唳监Δ唰� 唳唳唰� 唳膏唳熰唳� 唳膏Δ唰嵿Ο唳む 唳熰唳� 唳唳侧唳イ 唳唳班唳唳曕唳� 唳膏唳ム 唳涏唳∴唳距唳距Α唳监 唳灌Ο唳监 唳椸唳涏啷� 唳忇Π唰嵿Θ唰� 唳灌唳距 唳溹唳ㄠΔ唰� 唳唳班Σ唰囙Θ 唳む唳� 唳唳班唳曕唳むΘ唰囙Π 唳膏唳ム 唳忇 唳唳苦Σ唳距Π 唳膏Ξ唰嵿Κ唳班唳曕唳� 唳曕Ε唳距イ 唳膏唳� 唳呧Ζ唰囙唳� 唳Ο唳监Ω唰嵿唳� 唳ㄠ唳班唳� 唳灌Ο唳监 唳夃唳侧 唳曕Ε唳曕唳� 唳Θ唰嬥Ο唰嬥唰囙Π 唳曕唳ㄠ唳︵唳班Μ唳苦Θ唰嵿Ζ唰佮イ 唳︵唳ㄠ 唳班唳む 唳多Ο唳监Θ唰� 唳溹唳椸Π唳｀ 唳膏唳� 唳唳苦Σ唳� 唳︵唳� 唳曕Π唰� 唳ㄠ唳侧 唳む唳� 唳呧Ω唰嵿Δ唳苦Δ唰嵿Μ啷� 唳唳班唳曕唳むΘ唰囙Π 唳唳班Δ唳� 唳唳侧唳唳膏, 唳ㄠ唳溹唳� 唳ㄠ唳冟Ω唳權唳椸Δ唳�, 唳唳班唳曕唳むΘ唰囙Π 唳唳班唳唳曕唳� 唳唳班Δ唳� 唳膏Π唰嵿Μ唳唳唳 唳堗Π唰嵿Ψ唳� 唳嗋Π 唳む 唳ム唳曕 唳唳曕唳む唳� 唳椸Σ唰嵿Κ the possession啷� 唳氞唳∴唳距Θ唰嵿Δ 唳ㄠ唳班唳唳� 唳呧Ε唳� 唳膏唳ㄠ唳唰佮唰嵿Ψ唳唰€ 唳椸Ζ唰嵿Ο唰� 唳忇Π唰嵿Θ唰� 唳忇Ξ唳� 唳忇 唳椸Σ唰嵿Κ 唳Σ唰囙唰囙Θ 唳 唳侧唳栢Δ唰� 唳唳班Ο唳监唳溹Θ 唳ㄠ唳班唳Ξ 唳膏Δ唳む唳班イ 唳� 唳唳� 唳膏Μ唳距Π 唳膏唳Θ唰� 唳ㄠ唰嵿Θ 唳灌Ο唳监 唳︵唳佮Α唳监唳ㄠ!! 唳忇Π唰嵿Θ唰嬥Π 唳膏唳Σ唰嵿Ο 唳ㄠ唳灌唳� 唳嗋唰� 唳ㄠ唳溹唳� 唳椸Σ唰嵿Κ唳曕 唳膏唳班唳唳ㄠ唳� 唳曕Π唰� 唳む唳侧Δ唰� 唳唳班唳� 唳呧Θ唳距Ο唳监唳� 唳︵唰嵿Ψ唳む唳啷�
(唰оЗ 唳溹唳�, 唰ㄠЕ唰ㄠЗ)
唳ㄠ唳� 唳囙Ο唳监Π唰嵿 唳熰唳囙Ξ唳� 唳唳� 唳班唳唳� 唳嗋Θ唳� 唳忇Π唰嵿Θ唰�'唳� 唳椸Ζ唰嵿Ο唳曕 "stripped down prose" 唳Σ唰� 唳呧Ν唳苦唳苦Δ 唳曕Π唰囙唰囙イ the possession 唳Α唳监Δ唰� 唳唳唰� 唳膏唳熰唳� 唳膏Δ唰嵿Ο唳む 唳熰唳� 唳唳侧唳イ 唳唳班唳唳曕唳� 唳膏唳ム 唳涏唳∴唳距唳距Α唳监 唳灌Ο唳监 唳椸唳涏啷� 唳忇Π唰嵿Θ唰� 唳灌唳距 唳溹唳ㄠΔ唰� 唳唳班Σ唰囙Θ 唳む唳� 唳唳班唳曕唳むΘ唰囙Π 唳膏唳ム 唳忇 唳唳苦Σ唳距Π 唳膏Ξ唰嵿Κ唳班唳曕唳� 唳曕Ε唳距イ 唳膏唳� 唳呧Ζ唰囙唳� 唳Ο唳监Ω唰嵿唳� 唳ㄠ唳班唳� 唳灌Ο唳监 唳夃唳侧 唳曕Ε唳曕唳� 唳Θ唰嬥Ο唰嬥唰囙Π 唳曕唳ㄠ唳︵唳班Μ唳苦Θ唰嵿Ζ唰佮イ 唳︵唳ㄠ 唳班唳む 唳多Ο唳监Θ唰� 唳溹唳椸Π唳｀ 唳膏唳� 唳唳苦Σ唳� 唳︵唳� 唳曕Π唰� 唳ㄠ唳侧 唳む唳� 唳呧Ω唰嵿Δ唳苦Δ唰嵿Μ啷� 唳唳班唳曕唳むΘ唰囙Π 唳唳班Δ唳� 唳唳侧唳唳膏, 唳ㄠ唳溹唳� 唳ㄠ唳冟Ω唳權唳椸Δ唳�, 唳唳班唳曕唳むΘ唰囙Π 唳唳班唳唳曕唳� 唳唳班Δ唳� 唳膏Π唰嵿Μ唳唳唳 唳堗Π唰嵿Ψ唳� 唳嗋Π 唳む 唳ム唳曕 唳唳曕唳む唳� 唳椸Σ唰嵿Κ the possession啷� 唳氞唳∴唳距Θ唰嵿Δ 唳ㄠ唳班唳唳� 唳呧Ε唳� 唳膏唳ㄠ唳唰佮唰嵿Ψ唳唰€ 唳椸Ζ唰嵿Ο唰� 唳忇Π唰嵿Θ唰� 唳忇Ξ唳� 唳忇 唳椸Σ唰嵿Κ 唳Σ唰囙唰囙Θ 唳 唳侧唳栢Δ唰� 唳唳班Ο唳监唳溹Θ 唳ㄠ唳班唳Ξ 唳膏Δ唳む唳班イ 唳� 唳唳� 唳膏Μ唳距Π 唳膏唳Θ唰� 唳ㄠ唰嵿Θ 唳灌Ο唳监 唳︵唳佮Α唳监唳ㄠ!! 唳忇Π唰嵿Θ唰嬥Π 唳膏唳Σ唰嵿Ο 唳ㄠ唳灌唳� 唳嗋唰� 唳ㄠ唳溹唳� 唳椸Σ唰嵿Κ唳曕 唳膏唳班唳唳ㄠ唳� 唳曕Π唰� 唳む唳侧Δ唰� 唳唳班唳� 唳呧Θ唳距Ο唳监唳� 唳︵唰嵿Ψ唳む唳啷�
(唰оЗ 唳溹唳�, 唰ㄠЕ唰ㄠЗ)
July 28, 2023
Lo acab茅 de una sentada.
Es mi d茅cimo libro de Ernaux, y me sigue sorprendiendo y sacudiendo su honestidad tan BRUTAL. Su manera de decir as铆, a secas y sin miedo, cosas que a muchas nos avergonzar铆a y mortificar铆a decir en voz alta.
(Annie Ernaux es definitivamente la Santa Patrona de nosotras las ganchadas y las intensitas).
Es mi d茅cimo libro de Ernaux, y me sigue sorprendiendo y sacudiendo su honestidad tan BRUTAL. Su manera de decir as铆, a secas y sin miedo, cosas que a muchas nos avergonzar铆a y mortificar铆a decir en voz alta.
(Annie Ernaux es definitivamente la Santa Patrona de nosotras las ganchadas y las intensitas).
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賱賯丿 兀氐亘丨鬲 "賲丨鬲賱丞" 賲賳 睾乇賷賲鬲賴丕 賵丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 賴賵賷鬲賴丕 ...賮賲丕 兀賯爻賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 ..賵賲丕 賷爻鬲丿毓賷 丕賱爻禺乇賷丞 亘兀賳賴丕 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲乇兀丞 鬲噩賴賱 兀賳賴丕 鬲噩鬲丕丨 丨賷丕丞 丕賲乇兀丞 賲噩賴賵賱丞 賱賴丕 ....爻賱亘鬲賴丕 賰賷賳賵賳鬲賴丕 賵兀丨丕賱鬲賴丕 廿賱賶 賰丕卅賳 賴卮..賮丕乇睾 賵賱賰賳 賷乇夭丨 鬲丨鬲 孬賯賱 丕賱丕賳賮毓丕賱丕鬲 丕賱賲賰亘賵鬲丞 賵丕賱兀丨丕爻賷爻 丕賱賲丿賲乇丞 賱賱匕丕鬲...
丨丕氐乇鬲賴丕 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賮賷 賰賱 丕賱兀賲賰賳丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇鬲丕丿賴丕 貙 睾夭鬲 賰賱 丕賱兀賵賯丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 鬲鬲賱賲爻 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賴丿賳丞 賲賳 毓匕丕亘丕鬲賴丕...
丕禺鬲乇賯鬲 賲禺賷賱鬲賴丕 賰爻賴賲 賱丕 賷賲賰賳賴丕 丕賳 鬲鬲賳鬲夭毓賴 亘爻賴賵賱丞...
鬲鬲賵賯賮 毓賳丿 丕賱賴賵爻 丕賱賲丨賲賵賲 丕賱匕賷 丕爻鬲賵賱賶 毓賱賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲乇兀丞 亘乇睾亘鬲賴丕 丕賱噩丕乇賮丞 賱賱鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 賴賵賷丞 氐丿賷賯丞 乇賮賷賯賴丕 丕賱爻丕亘賯...
鬲噩鬲乇兀 丕賱匕賰乇賷丕鬲 賲鬲卮亘孬丞 亘馗賱丕賱賴丕 丕賱卮亘丨賷丞 ...鬲爻賱賲 賱爻賱胤丞 賴賶 賲賳 丕禺鬲賱賯鬲賴丕 賵賮乇囟鬲賴丕 毓賱賶 賳賮爻賴丕...
兀賱賳 鬲丨賳 賱丨馗丞 鬲賰爻乇 丕賱兀氐賮丕丿 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賰亘賱賴丕 ..賵鬲毓賱賳 丨乇賷鬲賴丕 責
兀賳賳賷 兀丐賲賳 亘兀賳賴 胤丕賱賲丕 賳毓噩夭 毓賱賶 兀賳 賳賲賳丨 賱丨馗丕鬲賳丕 毓賳賵丕賳丕賸..廿匕賳 賴賶 賵賴賲 賷胤賲爻 賵噩賵丿賳丕 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷..賷爻賱賲賳丕 賱賱鬲氐丿毓 兀賵 丕賱兀賮賵賱...
賴丕 賴賶 賯丿 賱噩兀鬲 賱賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賰賵馗賷賮丞 丕爻鬲卮賮丕卅賷丞 貙 賵丕賱鬲賶 賲丕 兀賳 賳賲丕乇爻賴丕 丨鬲賶 賷賲賰賳賳丕 毓賳丿卅匕賺 賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱賮賵囟賶 丕賱毓丕乇賲丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓鬲賲賱 亘丿丕禺賱賳丕 賵鬲氐亘丨 賰賱 丕賱兀丨丕爻賷爻 丕賱賲噩乇丿丞..賰賱賲丕鬲 賲賱賲賵爻丞 賰丕賱賲乇丌丞 鬲毓賰爻 丨賯賷賯丞 賲丕 賳丨賳 毓賱賷賴...
賵兀禺賷乇丕賸...賱賱兀爻賮 噩丕亍鬲 賴賳丕 賰賱賲丕鬲 丨丕丿丞 噩乇賷卅丞 賱乇亘賲丕 賮賶 賲丨丕賵賱丞 賲賳丿賮毓丞 睾賷乇 賲丨爻賵亘丞 賱賳賷賱 丕賱丨乇賷丞.....馃槒
March 7, 2025
Zalog pisanja je prikra膰enost, osuje膰enost, nezadovolj(e)nost, egzistencijalni rashod ili, kako je to otprilike i kra膰e sa stanovitom ironijom sro膷io jedan doma膰i romansijer, ili si sre膰an ili ima拧 da ispri膷a拧 pri膷u. Pone拧to od toga upri(li)膷ava se ovde, osim 拧to su u pitanju osobiti hiroviti manjkovi - zar nisu uvek su osobiti manjkovi, kako je utvrdio drugi jedan romanozemac - samim tim i izvori拧ta narativa. Re膰i 膰e se ovde da se iz seksualnog zadovoljstva ne pi拧e, te da odatle proizilaze jedino pronicljivost i naglo pojednostavljena vizija sveta. Pi拧e se, prema tome, iz konkretnog gubitka za koji se autorka vi拧e ne mo啪e oklembesiti - da, mislim na kurac!- i konkretizovanog ose膰aja sopstvene neposebnosti - da, svi smo ve膰 vi膽eni, svi potpadamo pod odre膽eni tip ma koliko uobra啪avali povla拧膰enost - kao i zamenljivosti:" Bila sam skvot jedne 啪ene koju nikad nisam videla."
Ose膰anje zaposednutosti temporalno obavezuje. Pisati se mo啪e tek kada nastupi "zavr拧eno vreme". Do tada se opsesija intenzivno pro啪ivljava kao okupiranost inteligencije koja iskopavaju膰i sebi rupu preti da sa sobom u nju strmoglavi 膷itavu stvarnost. Stega ose膰anja, paranoidni poligon za preobra啪avanje, sve vreme je utisnuta u visceralno; 拧tavi拧e, s njim je srasla. Otud Erno sporadi膷no ukazuje na telesnost koja 膰e sa utihnu膰em prezentnosti emocije izlo啪iti smireno-stalo啪enom skalpelu.[Pripovedni zahvat kakvim mi se sa ovom distancom 膷ini i onaj upoznat u "Jednostavnoj strasti".]
Otud se i su拧tina pisanja Ani Erno o膷itava u vidljivosti sebe i sopstvene patnje, 拧to je druga(膷ija) oznaka za osobitost slu膷aja. Odatle, iz autobiografske 膷injenice (sic!), sledi poop拧tavanje. A poop拧tavanje je zajedni拧tvo听 u tome da smo svi na膷eti stra拧膰u pa svi imamo pri膷u za pri膷anje. Budu膰i da to uglavnom ne znamo, prepozna膰emo se u tu膽oj. Ovda拧njoj.
Narativna (auto)disekcija - ta膷nije autopsija sebe u ose膰anju - pretpostavlja i to da 膰e se napisano vremenom otrcati: "膶ak i one najizan膽alije metafore, pre nego 拧to ih je sro膷io, neko je morao prvo da oseti na sebi.". 膶ime se, utisak je, paradoksalno ograni膷ava sopstveni doma拧aj, dok, s druge strane, izostaje i katarza. Ona dejstvuje, ka啪e se i to, samo na one koje nije na膷ela strast. Ima li ih?! Za onu koja pi拧e preostaje jo拧 samo da se intenzivni trenuci oku拧aju kroz pisanje:
"Pisanje je u su拧tini ljubomora na stvarnost. Ja pi拧em ljubomoru kao 拧to sam je 啪ivela."
Tako nekako. U i拧膷ekivanju naleta slede膰ih. Neminovni(ji)h.
Ose膰anje zaposednutosti temporalno obavezuje. Pisati se mo啪e tek kada nastupi "zavr拧eno vreme". Do tada se opsesija intenzivno pro啪ivljava kao okupiranost inteligencije koja iskopavaju膰i sebi rupu preti da sa sobom u nju strmoglavi 膷itavu stvarnost. Stega ose膰anja, paranoidni poligon za preobra啪avanje, sve vreme je utisnuta u visceralno; 拧tavi拧e, s njim je srasla. Otud Erno sporadi膷no ukazuje na telesnost koja 膰e sa utihnu膰em prezentnosti emocije izlo啪iti smireno-stalo啪enom skalpelu.[Pripovedni zahvat kakvim mi se sa ovom distancom 膷ini i onaj upoznat u "Jednostavnoj strasti".]
Otud se i su拧tina pisanja Ani Erno o膷itava u vidljivosti sebe i sopstvene patnje, 拧to je druga(膷ija) oznaka za osobitost slu膷aja. Odatle, iz autobiografske 膷injenice (sic!), sledi poop拧tavanje. A poop拧tavanje je zajedni拧tvo听 u tome da smo svi na膷eti stra拧膰u pa svi imamo pri膷u za pri膷anje. Budu膰i da to uglavnom ne znamo, prepozna膰emo se u tu膽oj. Ovda拧njoj.
Narativna (auto)disekcija - ta膷nije autopsija sebe u ose膰anju - pretpostavlja i to da 膰e se napisano vremenom otrcati: "膶ak i one najizan膽alije metafore, pre nego 拧to ih je sro膷io, neko je morao prvo da oseti na sebi.". 膶ime se, utisak je, paradoksalno ograni膷ava sopstveni doma拧aj, dok, s druge strane, izostaje i katarza. Ona dejstvuje, ka啪e se i to, samo na one koje nije na膷ela strast. Ima li ih?! Za onu koja pi拧e preostaje jo拧 samo da se intenzivni trenuci oku拧aju kroz pisanje:
"Pisanje je u su拧tini ljubomora na stvarnost. Ja pi拧em ljubomoru kao 拧to sam je 啪ivela."
Tako nekako. U i拧膷ekivanju naleta slede膰ih. Neminovni(ji)h.
October 10, 2022
賱丕 賷賵噩丿 兀爻賵亍 賲賳 丕賲乇兀丞 兀賳丕賳賷丞 賵睾賷賵乇丞 毓賱賷 賲丕 賱丕 丨賯 賱賴丕 賮賷賴
賮賷 兀賯賱 賲賳 侑贍 氐賮丨丞 鬲丨賰賷 丕賱賰丕鬲亘賴 毓賳 丕賱睾賷乇丞 丕賱賱丕賲賳胤賯賷丞 賱丕賲乇兀丞 鬲乇賰鬲 丨亘賷亘賴丕 賵毓賳丿賲丕 兀丨亘 丕賲乇兀丞 兀禺乇賷 丕丨鬲賱賴丕 卮毓賵乇 丕賱睾賷乇丞 賵兀氐亘丨鬲 鬲亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賮賷 賰賱 賲賰丕賳
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 鬲丨鬲丕噩 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 兀胤賵賱 賲賳 匕賱賰 賵匕賰乇鬲賳賷 亘兀毓賲丕賱 爻鬲賷賮丕賳 夭賮丕賷噩
賵賰丕賳 鬲賯賷賲賷賴丕 爻賷賰賵賳 兀毓賱賷 賱賵賱丕 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱爻賷卅丞 噩丿丕
賮賷 兀賯賱 賲賳 侑贍 氐賮丨丞 鬲丨賰賷 丕賱賰丕鬲亘賴 毓賳 丕賱睾賷乇丞 丕賱賱丕賲賳胤賯賷丞 賱丕賲乇兀丞 鬲乇賰鬲 丨亘賷亘賴丕 賵毓賳丿賲丕 兀丨亘 丕賲乇兀丞 兀禺乇賷 丕丨鬲賱賴丕 卮毓賵乇 丕賱睾賷乇丞 賵兀氐亘丨鬲 鬲亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賮賷 賰賱 賲賰丕賳
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 鬲丨鬲丕噩 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 兀胤賵賱 賲賳 匕賱賰 賵匕賰乇鬲賳賷 亘兀毓賲丕賱 爻鬲賷賮丕賳 夭賮丕賷噩
賵賰丕賳 鬲賯賷賲賷賴丕 爻賷賰賵賳 兀毓賱賷 賱賵賱丕 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱爻賷卅丞 噩丿丕
April 4, 2023
The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city鈥攖he whole world鈥攚ith a person you may never have met.
In The Possession, Ernaux talks about a period in her life when she finds out that her ex-lover is with another woman.
She describes her sensations, her madness, desires and actions at the time and her obsession with this 鈥榦ther woman鈥� and her jealousy towards her.
I was being inhabited by a woman I had never seen.
In The Possession, Ernaux talks about a period in her life when she finds out that her ex-lover is with another woman.
She describes her sensations, her madness, desires and actions at the time and her obsession with this 鈥榦ther woman鈥� and her jealousy towards her.
I was being inhabited by a woman I had never seen.
July 8, 2023
Elegantna i britka autoanatomija ljubomore za neke duhove mo啪e predstavljati ropstvo, a za neke injekciju otre啪njenja, iako ni recepta, ni razre拧enja nema, osim ako ne zavirimo u ono iza teksta 鈥� u to da ovo i nije knjiga samo o izbezumljuju膰oj opsednutosti drugim bi膰em, ve膰 o zaposednutosti kao vrhunskom knji啪evnom modusu, neophodnom pripovednom gorivu. Najistinitije pisanje je svepro啪imaju膰a opsesija 鈥� lov na zna膷enje koji se mo啪e ispoljiti, kako se i u delu isti膷e, kroz knji啪evnost, religiju i paranoju. Pisanje stoga predstavlja 鈥瀕jubomoru realnog鈥� 鈥� odnosno, 啪elju da se projekcija onog nedostaju膰eg i sama pri膷a izravnaju.
Erno za膷u膽uju膰e dobro zvu膷i na engleskom, deluje mi da je ton pogo膽en, iako mi, naravno, neke finese sigurno be啪e.
I kao u 鈥濲ednostavnoj strasti鈥� ovo je jedna od onih knjiga koje se ili 膷itaju u jednom cugu, ili se uop拧te ne pro膷itaju. Iz radoznalosti sam provirio, u pauzi od drugih 膷itanja i hop! delo je pro膷itano.
Jedna osoba koju izuzetno cenim rekla je nakon 膷itanja 鈥瀂aposednutosti鈥� da bi ona mogla bolje da napi拧e. Imaju膰i u vidu ko je u pitanju, ta mogu膰nost, makar i sasvim nerealna, raduje me. Ipak, bez obzira na utiske, jedno je sigurno 鈥� Erno je majstor jezi膷ke ekonomije: sve je sa啪eto, prozirno, a gusto; sve je plod napornog i nezavr拧ivog procesa sa啪imanja, odstranjivanja suvi拧nog.听
Erno za膷u膽uju膰e dobro zvu膷i na engleskom, deluje mi da je ton pogo膽en, iako mi, naravno, neke finese sigurno be啪e.
I kao u 鈥濲ednostavnoj strasti鈥� ovo je jedna od onih knjiga koje se ili 膷itaju u jednom cugu, ili se uop拧te ne pro膷itaju. Iz radoznalosti sam provirio, u pauzi od drugih 膷itanja i hop! delo je pro膷itano.
Jedna osoba koju izuzetno cenim rekla je nakon 膷itanja 鈥瀂aposednutosti鈥� da bi ona mogla bolje da napi拧e. Imaju膰i u vidu ko je u pitanju, ta mogu膰nost, makar i sasvim nerealna, raduje me. Ipak, bez obzira na utiske, jedno je sigurno 鈥� Erno je majstor jezi膷ke ekonomije: sve je sa啪eto, prozirno, a gusto; sve je plod napornog i nezavr拧ivog procesa sa啪imanja, odstranjivanja suvi拧nog.听
December 9, 2022
Ernaux Season. Day 5.
Annie Ernaux has much to feel grateful for, not the least of which is the fact that social media did not exist when she was consumed in these passions. I remember some wild early social media platform choices. For instance, Snapchat would previously show the top 3 accounts that you were in touch with. Instagram would show recent activities, including who liked what post, started following whom, basically everything that should be private. The mind games were unbelievable. I was out there battling in the wild wild west myself - I was a teenager, it鈥檚 excusable. Don鈥檛 respond to her when you鈥檙e angry, but go ahead and like a few things on Instagram so she sees how petty you鈥檙e being. I also caught some bullets, finding out that girls I had been talking to had certain dreaded characters on their top friend lists on Snap鈥� does this all sound exhausting? Yes? Good. Because it fucking was.
Nowadays, I don鈥檛 do any of that. I feel as though I stepped out of the matrix of the games, the possession, the need to know everything at all times. As if me knowing where she is, what she is doing, what she is thinking, which restaurant she is ordering at, what time she is ordering the Uber鈥� is going to change anything. As if it will give me any control over the situation, or allow me to live in peace. Possession. It鈥檚 not merely being possessed by the seduction of another person, but also by the cycle of modern attraction. The jealousies and insecurities we all share, fuelled by an ever-present sea of information, accessible 24/7, 365 days a year. Recently, an old flame sent me a text (I hate that I said 鈥渙ld flame鈥�, but there is also incredible power in it - I said it and Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival started playing in the background). She was in town and wanted to meet up. Problem is this: she knew my schedule. She knew I was busy at this and that exact time, and decided to 鈥渕ake herself available鈥� just at those times (and only at those times). Listen - the world doesn鈥檛 revolve around me, so I get it if those are truly the only times you are available. But really? Down to the minute? Having known I was caught up? How do you read this situation? Here is how I read it: 鈥淚 actually do want to meet up, but at the very same time, I want you to know that I could just as easily pull the rug out from under your feet. I set the parameters, I dictate the rules, me. ME. Coming out and just proposing that we meet up like a couple of adults is too vulnerable, it鈥檚 showing too much of myself, too exposed. I need control of this situation. Now, show me that I win by running around, trying to get out of previous commitments in order to appease me, choosing me over your other work, showing me that I deserve it and that you have no self-respect. Validate my existence.鈥� How did I do? There is only one problem: read the first sentence of this paragraph. My 鈥渓ove game katana鈥� is sharpened, but I never use it. I texted back something to the effect of 鈥淥h well! All good. Hope you enjoy your visit.鈥� Suddenly, her weekend 鈥渇reed up鈥�, magically. Oh, would you look at that! But I鈥檓 good. I鈥檒l just chill. Jumping back into that pool is, I think, no better than relapsing when you鈥檙e several years sober.
In order to not be possessed, some conscious effort is needed. I talk to people from all walks of life, most of them believing that something is innately wrong with them, deep down, if they cannot get over this game of possession. I don鈥檛 know if that鈥檚 the case at all. That makes about as much sense as blaming a 3-year-old for not knowing how to read. It鈥檚 an exercise in learning, discipline, and application. Certainly, choosing to be a bit more guarded with respect to the games of possession is more difficult to do. The headrush you get when you give yourself to the cycle with reckless abandon is almost as good as the final result. But the price you have to pay is the erosion of your skills of long-term intimacy. So wouldn鈥檛 it be better not to scroll down to the bottom of her multi-thousand-post Instagram page when you meet her? Why do you need to comb the past for signs that will shake your present and ruin your future? Let it be.
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鈥淔or the first time, I could clearly perceive the material nature of feelings and emotions - I physically felt their consistency, their form but also their independence, their perfect freedom with respect to my consciousness. These interior states had their equivalent in nature: the surge of a wave, the crumbling of a cliff, sinkholes, algae blooms. I understood the necessity of comparisons and metaphors using water and fire. Even the most overused of them had first been lived, one day, by someone.鈥�
鈥淭he strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city - the whole world - with a person you may never have met.鈥�
鈥淭he act of writing, here, is perhaps not so different from that of sticking needles.鈥�
鈥淲ithout a doubt the greatest suffering, like the greatest happiness, comes from the Other. I understand that some people fear this and try hard to avoid it by loving moderation, by favoring a match made of common interests, music, political engagement, a house with a garden, etc.; or with multiple sexual partners who are seen as objects of pleasure separate from the rest of life. And yet, if my suffering seemed absurd to me 鈥� outrageous, even, when compared to others both physical and social 鈥� if it seemed a luxury, I still preferred it to certain calm and productive periods in my life.鈥�
鈥淭he only thing that was true, and I never said it to him, was 鈥業 want to fuck you and make you forget the other woman.鈥� All the rest was, literally, fiction.鈥�
Annie Ernaux has much to feel grateful for, not the least of which is the fact that social media did not exist when she was consumed in these passions. I remember some wild early social media platform choices. For instance, Snapchat would previously show the top 3 accounts that you were in touch with. Instagram would show recent activities, including who liked what post, started following whom, basically everything that should be private. The mind games were unbelievable. I was out there battling in the wild wild west myself - I was a teenager, it鈥檚 excusable. Don鈥檛 respond to her when you鈥檙e angry, but go ahead and like a few things on Instagram so she sees how petty you鈥檙e being. I also caught some bullets, finding out that girls I had been talking to had certain dreaded characters on their top friend lists on Snap鈥� does this all sound exhausting? Yes? Good. Because it fucking was.
Nowadays, I don鈥檛 do any of that. I feel as though I stepped out of the matrix of the games, the possession, the need to know everything at all times. As if me knowing where she is, what she is doing, what she is thinking, which restaurant she is ordering at, what time she is ordering the Uber鈥� is going to change anything. As if it will give me any control over the situation, or allow me to live in peace. Possession. It鈥檚 not merely being possessed by the seduction of another person, but also by the cycle of modern attraction. The jealousies and insecurities we all share, fuelled by an ever-present sea of information, accessible 24/7, 365 days a year. Recently, an old flame sent me a text (I hate that I said 鈥渙ld flame鈥�, but there is also incredible power in it - I said it and Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival started playing in the background). She was in town and wanted to meet up. Problem is this: she knew my schedule. She knew I was busy at this and that exact time, and decided to 鈥渕ake herself available鈥� just at those times (and only at those times). Listen - the world doesn鈥檛 revolve around me, so I get it if those are truly the only times you are available. But really? Down to the minute? Having known I was caught up? How do you read this situation? Here is how I read it: 鈥淚 actually do want to meet up, but at the very same time, I want you to know that I could just as easily pull the rug out from under your feet. I set the parameters, I dictate the rules, me. ME. Coming out and just proposing that we meet up like a couple of adults is too vulnerable, it鈥檚 showing too much of myself, too exposed. I need control of this situation. Now, show me that I win by running around, trying to get out of previous commitments in order to appease me, choosing me over your other work, showing me that I deserve it and that you have no self-respect. Validate my existence.鈥� How did I do? There is only one problem: read the first sentence of this paragraph. My 鈥渓ove game katana鈥� is sharpened, but I never use it. I texted back something to the effect of 鈥淥h well! All good. Hope you enjoy your visit.鈥� Suddenly, her weekend 鈥渇reed up鈥�, magically. Oh, would you look at that! But I鈥檓 good. I鈥檒l just chill. Jumping back into that pool is, I think, no better than relapsing when you鈥檙e several years sober.
In order to not be possessed, some conscious effort is needed. I talk to people from all walks of life, most of them believing that something is innately wrong with them, deep down, if they cannot get over this game of possession. I don鈥檛 know if that鈥檚 the case at all. That makes about as much sense as blaming a 3-year-old for not knowing how to read. It鈥檚 an exercise in learning, discipline, and application. Certainly, choosing to be a bit more guarded with respect to the games of possession is more difficult to do. The headrush you get when you give yourself to the cycle with reckless abandon is almost as good as the final result. But the price you have to pay is the erosion of your skills of long-term intimacy. So wouldn鈥檛 it be better not to scroll down to the bottom of her multi-thousand-post Instagram page when you meet her? Why do you need to comb the past for signs that will shake your present and ruin your future? Let it be.
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鈥淔or the first time, I could clearly perceive the material nature of feelings and emotions - I physically felt their consistency, their form but also their independence, their perfect freedom with respect to my consciousness. These interior states had their equivalent in nature: the surge of a wave, the crumbling of a cliff, sinkholes, algae blooms. I understood the necessity of comparisons and metaphors using water and fire. Even the most overused of them had first been lived, one day, by someone.鈥�
鈥淭he strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city - the whole world - with a person you may never have met.鈥�
鈥淭he act of writing, here, is perhaps not so different from that of sticking needles.鈥�
鈥淲ithout a doubt the greatest suffering, like the greatest happiness, comes from the Other. I understand that some people fear this and try hard to avoid it by loving moderation, by favoring a match made of common interests, music, political engagement, a house with a garden, etc.; or with multiple sexual partners who are seen as objects of pleasure separate from the rest of life. And yet, if my suffering seemed absurd to me 鈥� outrageous, even, when compared to others both physical and social 鈥� if it seemed a luxury, I still preferred it to certain calm and productive periods in my life.鈥�
鈥淭he only thing that was true, and I never said it to him, was 鈥業 want to fuck you and make you forget the other woman.鈥� All the rest was, literally, fiction.鈥�
March 15, 2021
"The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city - the whole world - with a person you may never have met."
Annie Ernaux is on my list of authors to try, and when Seven Stories Press had a sale last year I bought plus a few slim novels that are more like individual short stories. This is a short one about the narrator's obsession over her lover's new woman. Basically she left her longterm relationship to be with him, but then was hesitant to settle down right away, so he went in another direction. So she doesn't want him, but it drives her crazy that this other woman is closer than she is. It's more like the jealousy is of the thing she doesn't want, which tracks.
Annie Ernaux is on my list of authors to try, and when Seven Stories Press had a sale last year I bought plus a few slim novels that are more like individual short stories. This is a short one about the narrator's obsession over her lover's new woman. Basically she left her longterm relationship to be with him, but then was hesitant to settle down right away, so he went in another direction. So she doesn't want him, but it drives her crazy that this other woman is closer than she is. It's more like the jealousy is of the thing she doesn't want, which tracks.
May 18, 2012
乇亘賲丕 賷毓鬲乇囟 丕賱亘毓囟 毓賱賶 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 賯賱賷賱丕賸 兀賵 丨鬲賶 賰孬賷乇丕賸 貙 賮丕賱兀禺鬲 賲賷 賲孬賱丕賸 鬲毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 丕賱兀賲孬賱 賴賵 丕賱睾賷乇丞 亘賷賳賲丕 兀禺鬲賱賮 賲毓賴丕 賯賱賷賱丕賸 賵 賲毓 兀乇賳賵 丕賱賲丐賱賮丞 廿匕 兀乇賶 兀賳 丕賱丕爻鬲丨賵丕匕 賷賱丕卅賲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲賲丕賲丕賸. 賵 賲賳 丕賱賲丐賰丿 兀賳 賱丕 賷乇賵賯 賱賱亘毓囟 丕爻鬲胤乇丕丿丕鬲賴丕 丕賱禺賱賷毓丞 兀丨賷丕賳丕賸 賮賴賷 賱丕 鬲鬲賵乇毓 毓賳 兀賷 賲賮乇丿丞 亘匕賷卅丞 賵 賲毓 匕賱賰 賮賯丿 兀睾乇賲鬲 賰孬賷乇丕賸 亘丕賱賳賵賮賷賱丕 - 賱丕 兀乇賶 兀賳賴丕 乇賵丕賷丞 賵 丨鬲賲丕賸 賱賷爻鬲 亘賯氐丞 賯氐賷乇丞 - .
丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲禺賱鬲 毓賳 卮乇賷賰賴丕 亘毓丿 爻賳賵丕鬲 毓賳 乇囟丕 賵 賯賳丕毓丞 鬲丕賲賾鬲賷賳 噩賳賾 噩賳賵賳賴丕 賲丕 廿賳 鬲賳丕賴賶 廿賱賶 爻賲毓賴丕 兀賳 乇賮賷賯賴丕 丕賱賯丿賷賲 賵 丕賱匕賷 鬲丨鬲賮胤 賲毓賴 亘毓賱丕賯丞 亘丕乇丿丞 亘丕鬲 賷賲鬲賱賰 乇賮賷賯丞賸 兀禺乇賶 . 鬲鬲噩丕賴賱 賴匕丕 丕賱卮毓賵乇 丕賱兀丨賲賯 賵 丕賱匕賷 賵 賱丕 賷賱賷賯 亘賴丕 賮賯丿 丕賳鬲賴賶 賰賱 卮賷亍 賵 賱賰賳賴丕 賱丕 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 . 丕賱賮賰乇丞 亘爻賷胤丞 賵 賱賷爻 孬賲丞 睾賲賵囟 亘丕賱賲丨鬲賵賶 賵 丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 睾賷乇 兀賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 鬲賰鬲亘 亘丨丿賾丞 賵毓賷 賷賳丿乇 賵噩賵丿賴丕 . 廿賳 賰賱 賲賯胤毓 氐睾賷乇 賴賵 毓亘丕乇丞 毓賳 賰鬲賱 賱丕 賳賴丕卅賷丞 賲賳 丕賱噩賳賵賳 賵 丕賱賵毓賷 賵 丕賱丨賲賯 兀賷囟丕賸. 亘毓丿 兀賷 賲賰丕賱賲丞 賴丕鬲賮賷丞 賲毓賴 鬲爻鬲毓賷丿 丕賱丨賵丕乇 賵 鬲賯賵賱 :
" 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱噩購賲賱 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 兀賰賳 兀毓賷乇賴丕 丕賳鬲亘丕賴丕賸 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 鬲毓賵丿 廿賱賷賾 賱賷賱丕賸 賱鬲賳賴卮賳賷 賮噩兀丞. 賱賯丿 兀氐亘丨鬲 賲賴賲丞 丕賱鬲亘丕丿賱 賵丕賱鬲禺丕胤亘 丕賱鬲賷 賳毓胤賷賴丕 毓丕丿丞賸 賱賱睾丞 賮賷 丕賱賲乇鬲亘丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 貙 廿匕 丨賱鬲 賲賰丕賳賴丕 廿賲丕 兀賳 鬲毓賳賷 賵 廿賲丕 兀賱丕 鬲毓賳賷 丨亘賴 賱賴丕 兀賲 丨亘賴 賱賷 " .
丕丨鬲噩鬲 廿賱賶 亘囟毓丞 氐賮丨丕鬲 丨鬲賶 賷購丨爻賲 丕賱兀賲乇 毓賱賶 胤乇賷賯丞 爻賷丿 丿乇賵賷卮 : " 兀賳丕 賴賵賷鬲 賵 丕賳鬲賴賷鬲 " .
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La plaquette m鈥檃 sembl茅 bien mince, tant au litt茅ral qu鈥檃u figur茅. Il faut dire que l鈥檕bsession, de par sa nature, commande un regard assez 茅troit sur les choses. En l'esp猫ce, madame a 茅t茅 largu茅e et n鈥檈n termine plus d鈥檌maginer sa rivale. En soixante-dix pages 脿 peine, l鈥檈sprit s鈥檈st tr猫s peu promen茅, ni le mien, ni celui d鈥橢rnaux.
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Ernaux ma katartyczn膮 zdolno艣膰 do wiwisekcji. Jest r贸wnocze艣nie pisan膮 i pisz膮c膮, czu艂膮 i mi臋sist膮. Potrafi uderzy膰 mnie w twarz zdaniami, kt贸re odr臋twiaj膮 j膮 z pola my艣lenia ('To write is, first of all, not to be seen'!). Obna偶a膰 wstyd z tak radykaln膮 wra偶liwo艣ci膮 - kto to widzia艂? kto czyta艂 gdzie艣 indziej? Ca艂e jej pisanie stanowi rytm wp艂贸w i wynurze艅 na zewn膮trz. Tak przedziwnie otwieraj膮cej prozy g臋sich sk贸rek szukam. Co艣 masochistycznie koj膮cego. Jeszcze nie wiem dlaczego, ani dla kogo - ale polecam.
Ernaux ma katartyczn膮 zdolno艣膰 do wiwisekcji. Jest r贸wnocze艣nie pisan膮 i pisz膮c膮, czu艂膮 i mi臋sist膮. Potrafi uderzy膰 mnie w twarz zdaniami, kt贸re odr臋twiaj膮 j膮 z pola my艣lenia ('To write is, first of all, not to be seen'!). Obna偶a膰 wstyd z tak radykaln膮 wra偶liwo艣ci膮 - kto to widzia艂? kto czyta艂 gdzie艣 indziej? Ca艂e jej pisanie stanowi rytm wp艂贸w i wynurze艅 na zewn膮trz. Tak przedziwnie otwieraj膮cej prozy g臋sich sk贸rek szukam. Co艣 masochistycznie koj膮cego. Jeszcze nie wiem dlaczego, ani dla kogo - ale polecam.
January 21, 2022
I am reading and reviewing quickly a series of short works by Annie Ernaux. Memoir? Autofiction? I had just read Simple Passion about being possessed by all of the emotions Ernaux experiences as a young woman in a two-year affair with a married man; Possession continues the theme, only focused on post-relationship (another, different relationship than the one described in Simple Passion) jealousy. Both experiences she describes in these short books are debilitating, crazy-making, self-defeating in so many ways. So Simple Passion is about the all-consuming experience of desire; Possession is about the all-consuming experience of jealousy.
"The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city - the whole world - with a person you may never have met."
The guy Ernaux is seeing begins seeing another woman, and Ernaux ends the relationship, but then can鈥檛 stop thinking of the woman who has in some sense 鈥渞eplaced鈥� her.
鈥淚n the self-erasure that is the state of jealousy, which transforms every difference into a lack, it was not only my body, my face, that were devalued but also my occupation 鈥� my entire being.鈥�
Many women describe these books as capturing these experiences from a female perspective, and I am sure this is true, but I can say I could relate to them very easily as a man. I know very well the emotions she describes, acknowledging that societally there my be or certainly have been different stakes in these experiences for men than women. But importantly, Ernaux is looking back half a century at her young self, in a different time.
"The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city - the whole world - with a person you may never have met."
The guy Ernaux is seeing begins seeing another woman, and Ernaux ends the relationship, but then can鈥檛 stop thinking of the woman who has in some sense 鈥渞eplaced鈥� her.
鈥淚n the self-erasure that is the state of jealousy, which transforms every difference into a lack, it was not only my body, my face, that were devalued but also my occupation 鈥� my entire being.鈥�
Many women describe these books as capturing these experiences from a female perspective, and I am sure this is true, but I can say I could relate to them very easily as a man. I know very well the emotions she describes, acknowledging that societally there my be or certainly have been different stakes in these experiences for men than women. But importantly, Ernaux is looking back half a century at her young self, in a different time.
July 10, 2013
丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱
乇賵丕賷丞 賮乇賳爻賷丞 賯氐賷乇丞 賱丕 鬲鬲噩丕賵夭 丕賱禺賲爻賷賳 氐賮丨丞貙 賯乇丕亍鬲賷 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賱丌賳賷 廿乇賳賵貙 賵乇睾賲 賴匕丕 丕賱賯氐乇 丕賱卮丿賷丿貙 賵乇睾賲 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱賲鬲賵丕囟毓丞貙 廿賱丕 兀賳賴丕 乇賵丕賷丞 賲賰孬賮丞貙 賵賲乇賰夭丞 毓賱賶 丕丨鬲賱丕賱 丕賮鬲乇丕囟賷 賷丨丿孬 賱丕賲乇兀丞 賲賳 賯亘賱 丕賲乇兀丞 兀禺乇賶 賱丕 鬲毓乇賮賴丕貙 賱丕 鬲毓乇賮 卮賰賱锟斤拷丕 兀賵 丕爻賲賴丕貙 賱丕 鬲毓乇賮 廿賱丕 兀賳賴丕 鬲毓丕卮乇 胤賱賷賯賴丕貙 賴賱 賷賲賰賳賳丕 鬲爻賲賷丞 卮毓賵乇 丕賱睾賷乇丞 賴匕丕 丕賱匕賷 賷亘丿賵 賱賳丕 賲兀賱賵賮丕賸 噩丿丕賸貙 亘賱 鬲噩乇亘丞 丨賷丕鬲賷丞貙 賱丕 賳丨鬲丕噩 賮賷賴丕 廿賱賶 賷丿 鬲兀禺匕賳丕貙 賵賱丕 廿賱賶 噩賴丿 賱鬲氐賵乇 丕賳賮噩丕乇丕鬲賴丕 賵毓賵丕氐賮賴丕貙 賴賱 賷賲賰賳賳丕 鬲爻賲賷丞 匕賱賰 亘丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱責 賱丕 鬲亘丿賵 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱兀禺乇賶 賲丨鬲賱丞貙 氐丨賷丨 兀賳賴丕 兀禺匕鬲 賲賰丕賳賴丕貙 賵賱賰賳賴丕 賱賱丨賯賷賯丞 丨氐賱鬲 毓賱賶 丕賱賲賰丕賳 亘毓丿 禺賱賵賴貙 賰賲丕 兀賳賳丕 賳賱丕丨馗 兀賳 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 亘賷賳 丕賱亘胤賱丞 賵胤賱賷賯賴丕 鬲亘丿賵 賲賲鬲丕夭丞 賵睾賷乇 賲賯胤賵毓丞貙 賵賱賷爻 賮賷賴丕 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲乇丕乇丞 丕賱賱毓賷賳丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲賷夭 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱賲亘鬲賵乇丞貙 廿賳 丕賱兀賲乇 廿匕賳 賱賷爻 丨丕賱 丕丨鬲賱丕賱貙 賴賷 丨丕賱丞 丕爻鬲爻賱丕賲貙 賱賷爻 賴賳丕賰 賮丕鬲丨 賵賱賰賳 賴賳丕賰 禺丕卅賳 鬲乇賰 丕賱兀亘賵丕亘 賲卮乇毓丞貙 賱鬲丿禺賱 賲賳賴丕 賰賱 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 睾賷乇 丕賱賲乇睾賵亘丞貙 賵賱賴匕丕 賳賱丕丨馗 兀賳賴丕 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賵賯賮鬲 毓賳 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 亘丕賱兀賲乇貙 賵賯胤毓鬲 毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘胤賱賷賯賴丕貙 禺乇噩鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賲賳 匕賴賳賴丕 賵賲卮丕毓乇賴丕 賵賰兀賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳貙 賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 鈥� 廿賳 爻賲丨 賱賷 鬲卮丕乇賱夭 亘賵賰賵賮爻賰賷 鈥� 賱賷爻鬲 廿賱丕 賰賱亘丕賸 賲賳 丕賱噩丨賷賲 賷毓囟賴 賮賷 賰賱 丨賷賳貙 兀賲丕 丕賱丌禺乇賵賳 賮賱賷爻賵丕 廿賱丕 氐賵乇 匕賴賳賷丞 賲亘丕賱睾 亘賴丕貙 賲亘丕賱睾 亘賴丕 亘賲丕 賱丕 賷賯丕爻.
乇賵丕賷丞 賮乇賳爻賷丞 賯氐賷乇丞 賱丕 鬲鬲噩丕賵夭 丕賱禺賲爻賷賳 氐賮丨丞貙 賯乇丕亍鬲賷 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賱丌賳賷 廿乇賳賵貙 賵乇睾賲 賴匕丕 丕賱賯氐乇 丕賱卮丿賷丿貙 賵乇睾賲 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱賲鬲賵丕囟毓丞貙 廿賱丕 兀賳賴丕 乇賵丕賷丞 賲賰孬賮丞貙 賵賲乇賰夭丞 毓賱賶 丕丨鬲賱丕賱 丕賮鬲乇丕囟賷 賷丨丿孬 賱丕賲乇兀丞 賲賳 賯亘賱 丕賲乇兀丞 兀禺乇賶 賱丕 鬲毓乇賮賴丕貙 賱丕 鬲毓乇賮 卮賰賱锟斤拷丕 兀賵 丕爻賲賴丕貙 賱丕 鬲毓乇賮 廿賱丕 兀賳賴丕 鬲毓丕卮乇 胤賱賷賯賴丕貙 賴賱 賷賲賰賳賳丕 鬲爻賲賷丞 卮毓賵乇 丕賱睾賷乇丞 賴匕丕 丕賱匕賷 賷亘丿賵 賱賳丕 賲兀賱賵賮丕賸 噩丿丕賸貙 亘賱 鬲噩乇亘丞 丨賷丕鬲賷丞貙 賱丕 賳丨鬲丕噩 賮賷賴丕 廿賱賶 賷丿 鬲兀禺匕賳丕貙 賵賱丕 廿賱賶 噩賴丿 賱鬲氐賵乇 丕賳賮噩丕乇丕鬲賴丕 賵毓賵丕氐賮賴丕貙 賴賱 賷賲賰賳賳丕 鬲爻賲賷丞 匕賱賰 亘丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱責 賱丕 鬲亘丿賵 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱兀禺乇賶 賲丨鬲賱丞貙 氐丨賷丨 兀賳賴丕 兀禺匕鬲 賲賰丕賳賴丕貙 賵賱賰賳賴丕 賱賱丨賯賷賯丞 丨氐賱鬲 毓賱賶 丕賱賲賰丕賳 亘毓丿 禺賱賵賴貙 賰賲丕 兀賳賳丕 賳賱丕丨馗 兀賳 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 亘賷賳 丕賱亘胤賱丞 賵胤賱賷賯賴丕 鬲亘丿賵 賲賲鬲丕夭丞 賵睾賷乇 賲賯胤賵毓丞貙 賵賱賷爻 賮賷賴丕 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲乇丕乇丞 丕賱賱毓賷賳丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲賷夭 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱賲亘鬲賵乇丞貙 廿賳 丕賱兀賲乇 廿匕賳 賱賷爻 丨丕賱 丕丨鬲賱丕賱貙 賴賷 丨丕賱丞 丕爻鬲爻賱丕賲貙 賱賷爻 賴賳丕賰 賮丕鬲丨 賵賱賰賳 賴賳丕賰 禺丕卅賳 鬲乇賰 丕賱兀亘賵丕亘 賲卮乇毓丞貙 賱鬲丿禺賱 賲賳賴丕 賰賱 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 睾賷乇 丕賱賲乇睾賵亘丞貙 賵賱賴匕丕 賳賱丕丨馗 兀賳賴丕 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賵賯賮鬲 毓賳 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 亘丕賱兀賲乇貙 賵賯胤毓鬲 毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘胤賱賷賯賴丕貙 禺乇噩鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賲賳 匕賴賳賴丕 賵賲卮丕毓乇賴丕 賵賰兀賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳貙 賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 鈥� 廿賳 爻賲丨 賱賷 鬲卮丕乇賱夭 亘賵賰賵賮爻賰賷 鈥� 賱賷爻鬲 廿賱丕 賰賱亘丕賸 賲賳 丕賱噩丨賷賲 賷毓囟賴 賮賷 賰賱 丨賷賳貙 兀賲丕 丕賱丌禺乇賵賳 賮賱賷爻賵丕 廿賱丕 氐賵乇 匕賴賳賷丞 賲亘丕賱睾 亘賴丕貙 賲亘丕賱睾 亘賴丕 亘賲丕 賱丕 賷賯丕爻.
May 27, 2023
Wow siento que me gusta demasiado
October 21, 2022
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艩i懦 met懦 Nobelio prizo laureat臈s eleganti拧ka psichologin臈 apysaka apie visagal寞 pavyd膮.
艩i懦 met懦 Nobelio prizo laureat臈s eleganti拧ka psichologin臈 apysaka apie visagal寞 pavyd膮.
September 29, 2024
This intriguing little book recounts the narrator鈥檚 all-consuming obsession with her ex鈥檚 new partner. What鈥檚 interesting (and perhaps relatable) about this story is that she鈥檚 not particularly enamoured with the man in question, but in seeing how she stacks up against the woman who 鈥渞eplaced鈥� her. 贰谤苍补耻虫鈥檚 straightforward, almost sparse, writing style is an effective vehicle for conveying thought-provoking and complex ideas. The vibe is pure understated French glamour. I will definitely be checking out more of her writing!
July 31, 2023
Uf, la ocupaci贸n. Yo tambi茅n la he vivido. Cuando uno se separa de alguien que ha sido querido y sabe ya de quien ser谩... LA SIGUIENTE. Ni siquiera importa si el quiebre amoroso fue terminado por uno misma, la obsesi贸n inicial es grande y es como si la ciudad entera fuera una propagaci贸n de las huellas de... LA OTRA, jajaja. Es algo muy instintivo, muy animal, o al menos as铆 tambi茅n me ha pasado a m铆... vivir esa sensaci贸n interna que racionalmente ni siquiera es 煤til, para nadie. Y cuando esa mujer siguiente - u hombre, uno nunca sabe - es desconocida es todav铆a peor, porque al no tener nombre ni identidad usa todos los espacios. O sea, pobre autora que esto le pas贸 antes de los tiempos del internet, jejeje, porque entonces "aliviarse" debe haber significado magno trabajo de investigaci贸n.
Lo disfrut茅 harto, y adem谩s me dio un poco de envidia, qu茅 rico poder escribir de las propias vivencias sin autocensurarse y dejando que los lectores se beneficien de ello. Porque la historia de alguien es la historia de muchos y uno aprende cosas y se acompa帽a.
Despu茅s supe que ella se gan贸 un Nobel el 2022 y lo entiendo, tiene esa pluma 铆ntima y bien descrita que es como un paraje directo a todas las identidades. Aunque hay otras Nobel que me han gustado m谩s, hasta ahora, como Doris Lessing.
Lo disfrut茅 harto, y adem谩s me dio un poco de envidia, qu茅 rico poder escribir de las propias vivencias sin autocensurarse y dejando que los lectores se beneficien de ello. Porque la historia de alguien es la historia de muchos y uno aprende cosas y se acompa帽a.
Despu茅s supe que ella se gan贸 un Nobel el 2022 y lo entiendo, tiene esa pluma 铆ntima y bien descrita que es como un paraje directo a todas las identidades. Aunque hay otras Nobel que me han gustado m谩s, hasta ahora, como Doris Lessing.
January 14, 2023
Annie Ernaux conoce los pensamientos m谩s twisted que has tenido y no le da miedo repetirtelos
May 7, 2023
Another beautiful novelette by Ernaux. Her writing remains captivating yet uncomplicated.
January 21, 2025
*丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱* 賴賵 丕賱爻賷胤乇丞 毓賱賶 賲賳胤賯丞 賲毓賷賳丞 賲賳 賯亘賱 爻賱胤丞 賲丕. 賴匕丕 賲丕 兀卮乇丨賴 兀賳丕 賲丿乇爻丞 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賮賷 丿乇爻賷 亘丕賱噩丕賲毓丞貙 賵賱賰賳 丕賱賵丕賯毓 亘兀賳 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 賱賴 鬲毓乇賷賮 丌禺乇 毓賳丿賲丕 賰賳鬲購 兀賳丕 丕賱賲丨鬲賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 丿禺賱鬲 毓丕賱賲 W 賵丕丨鬲賱鬲賴 賵亘毓丿 賴匕丕 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱貙 賰亘乇 丕丨鬲賱丕賱賷 賵爻賷胤乇鬲 毓賱賶 鬲賮賰賷乇 夭賵噩鬲賴 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞貙 賵賲丕 賰丕賳 鬲賮賰賷乇賴丕 賵賲丕 鬲亘丨孬 毓賳賴 廿賱丕 兀賳 鬲毓乇賮 丕爻賲賷 賵毓賲賱賷 賵賲賳胤賯丞 爻賰賳賷 賵毓賲乇賷 丕賱伽侑 賵賰賱 卮賷亍 毓賳賷.
賮賲丕 賷賰賵賳 匕賱賰 賴賱 賴賵 (丕爻鬲丨賵丕匕) 兀賲 (丕丨鬲賱丕賱) 兀賵 (鬲賲賱賰)責
賮兀賳丕 丕丨鬲賱賷鬲 賲賵賯毓賴丕 亘丕賱亘丿兀 賵丕爻鬲丨賵匕鬲 毓賱賶 賲丕 鬲賲賱賰貙 賵賲賳 賴賳丕 馗賴乇鬲 丕賱睾賷乇丞貙 賮鬲亘賷賳鬲 賳乇噩爻賷鬲賴丕 賵丨亘 鬲賲賱賰賴丕 賵禺賷亘丞 賮卮賱賴丕 賮賷 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 賲毓 W.
賴匕賴 丕賱兀爻胤乇 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘鬲賴丕 賱丕卮賷亍 兀賲丕賲 賲丕 賰鬲亘鬲賴 賴賷 丌賳賷 毓賳 鬲噩乇亘鬲賴丕 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲賷夭鬲 賮賷 兀賳 賷乇丕賴丕 丕賱賯丕乇卅 乇賵丕賷丞貙 賵賲賲丕 鬲噩毓賱 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賷鬲丨賷乇 亘毓丿 兀賳 賷乇賶 賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱卮賮丕賮賷丞 賵丕賱鬲毓乇賷 賮賷 丕賱鬲毓亘賷乇 賵賵氐賮 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱丿丕禺賱賷丞 賴賱 賳丨賳 賳賯乇兀 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲禺賷賱賷丞 兀賵 賵丕賯毓賷丞 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 爻賷乇鬲賴丕 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞.
鬲噩毓賱賰 賴匕賴 丕賱兀爻胤乇 賮賷 兀賳 鬲毓賷丿 丨爻丕亘丕鬲賰 賲丕 丕賱匕賷 丕丨鬲賱賳賷 賳賮爻賷賸丕 賵賮賰乇賷賸丕貙 賵賴賱 賷爻鬲丨賯 賲賳丕 賰賱 賴匕丕.
賱賲丕 丕賰鬲亘 兀賳丕 夭賵噩丞 W 賰賱 賴匕丕 賱兀賯賵賱 亘兀賳賴 丕爻鬲胤丕毓鬲 丌賳賷 丕賳賷 鬲丨鬲賱賳賷 丕賱丌賳 亘毓丿 廿賳 賰賳鬲 兀賳丕 賲賳 賷丨鬲賱賴丕貙 丕爻鬲胤丕毓鬲 兀賳 鬲丨鬲賱賳賷 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 (丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱) 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 爻賱丕爻丞 丕賱賱睾丞 賵毓賲賯 丕賱鬲毓亘賷乇 賵鬲毓乇賷鬲賴丕 卮禺氐賷鬲賴丕 賵賲卮丕毓乇賴丕 亘賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱噩乇兀丞 賵丕賱鬲賷 賱賳 丕爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳丕 賳賮爻賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賵鬲毓乇賷丞 賲卮丕毓乇賷 丕賱禺丕氐丞 鬲噩丕賴 禺氐賷賲鬲賷貙 兀賵 丨鬲賶 丕賳 丕毓鬲乇賮 亘廿丨鬲賱丕賱賷貙 賵賱賰賳賳丕 兀賳丕 賵賲毓馗賲 賯乇丕亍 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 爻賳毓鬲乇賮 亘兀賳賴 賯丿 鬲賲 丕丨鬲賱丕賱賳丕 賷賵賲賸丕 賲丕 賵賯丿 賷賰賵賳 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 賲賳 卮禺氐賷丞 廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 兀賵 賲賵囟賵毓 賲丕.
毓賳 夭賵噩丞 W
賵噩丿鬲購 兀賳 兀賰鬲亘 賲乇丕噩毓鬲賷 亘賴匕賴 丕賱氐賷睾丞 亘毓丿 爻丐丕賱 賲賳 兀丨丿 丕賱兀氐丿賯丕亍 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 賳賯丕卮賳丕 賱賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘
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鬲鬲禺賷賱賵賳 賮賷賴 兀賳賰賲 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱丕禺乇賶貙 賵鬲賰鬲亘賵賳 賲乇丕噩毓丞 毓賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞馃槑馃敟
鬲禺賷賱賵丕 賲卮丕毓乇賰賲貙 丕丨丕爻賷爻賰賲貙 賵丕賮賰丕乇賰賲貙 賵卮鬲丕卅賲賰賲 廿賳 賱夭賲 匕賱賰鈽猴笍
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賮賲丕 賷賰賵賳 匕賱賰 賴賱 賴賵 (丕爻鬲丨賵丕匕) 兀賲 (丕丨鬲賱丕賱) 兀賵 (鬲賲賱賰)責
賮兀賳丕 丕丨鬲賱賷鬲 賲賵賯毓賴丕 亘丕賱亘丿兀 賵丕爻鬲丨賵匕鬲 毓賱賶 賲丕 鬲賲賱賰貙 賵賲賳 賴賳丕 馗賴乇鬲 丕賱睾賷乇丞貙 賮鬲亘賷賳鬲 賳乇噩爻賷鬲賴丕 賵丨亘 鬲賲賱賰賴丕 賵禺賷亘丞 賮卮賱賴丕 賮賷 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 賲毓 W.
賴匕賴 丕賱兀爻胤乇 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘鬲賴丕 賱丕卮賷亍 兀賲丕賲 賲丕 賰鬲亘鬲賴 賴賷 丌賳賷 毓賳 鬲噩乇亘鬲賴丕 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲賷夭鬲 賮賷 兀賳 賷乇丕賴丕 丕賱賯丕乇卅 乇賵丕賷丞貙 賵賲賲丕 鬲噩毓賱 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賷鬲丨賷乇 亘毓丿 兀賳 賷乇賶 賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱卮賮丕賮賷丞 賵丕賱鬲毓乇賷 賮賷 丕賱鬲毓亘賷乇 賵賵氐賮 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱丿丕禺賱賷丞 賴賱 賳丨賳 賳賯乇兀 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲禺賷賱賷丞 兀賵 賵丕賯毓賷丞 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 爻賷乇鬲賴丕 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞.
鬲噩毓賱賰 賴匕賴 丕賱兀爻胤乇 賮賷 兀賳 鬲毓賷丿 丨爻丕亘丕鬲賰 賲丕 丕賱匕賷 丕丨鬲賱賳賷 賳賮爻賷賸丕 賵賮賰乇賷賸丕貙 賵賴賱 賷爻鬲丨賯 賲賳丕 賰賱 賴匕丕.
賱賲丕 丕賰鬲亘 兀賳丕 夭賵噩丞 W 賰賱 賴匕丕 賱兀賯賵賱 亘兀賳賴 丕爻鬲胤丕毓鬲 丌賳賷 丕賳賷 鬲丨鬲賱賳賷 丕賱丌賳 亘毓丿 廿賳 賰賳鬲 兀賳丕 賲賳 賷丨鬲賱賴丕貙 丕爻鬲胤丕毓鬲 兀賳 鬲丨鬲賱賳賷 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 (丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱) 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 爻賱丕爻丞 丕賱賱睾丞 賵毓賲賯 丕賱鬲毓亘賷乇 賵鬲毓乇賷鬲賴丕 卮禺氐賷鬲賴丕 賵賲卮丕毓乇賴丕 亘賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱噩乇兀丞 賵丕賱鬲賷 賱賳 丕爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳丕 賳賮爻賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賵鬲毓乇賷丞 賲卮丕毓乇賷 丕賱禺丕氐丞 鬲噩丕賴 禺氐賷賲鬲賷貙 兀賵 丨鬲賶 丕賳 丕毓鬲乇賮 亘廿丨鬲賱丕賱賷貙 賵賱賰賳賳丕 兀賳丕 賵賲毓馗賲 賯乇丕亍 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 爻賳毓鬲乇賮 亘兀賳賴 賯丿 鬲賲 丕丨鬲賱丕賱賳丕 賷賵賲賸丕 賲丕 賵賯丿 賷賰賵賳 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 賲賳 卮禺氐賷丞 廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 兀賵 賲賵囟賵毓 賲丕.
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賵噩丿鬲購 兀賳 兀賰鬲亘 賲乇丕噩毓鬲賷 亘賴匕賴 丕賱氐賷睾丞 亘毓丿 爻丐丕賱 賲賳 兀丨丿 丕賱兀氐丿賯丕亍 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 賳賯丕卮賳丕 賱賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘
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鬲禺賷賱賵丕 賲卮丕毓乇賰賲貙 丕丨丕爻賷爻賰賲貙 賵丕賮賰丕乇賰賲貙 賵卮鬲丕卅賲賰賲 廿賳 賱夭賲 匕賱賰鈽猴笍
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November 14, 2022
I read a couple of months ago and is very similar: Annie Ernaux is confronted with strong emotions - uncontrollable infatuation in 'Simple Passion' and extreme jealousy in 'The Possession'- and describes them factually.
What I take away as the main message from both books is that once these overpowering emotions have ebbed away we find it hard to imagine that we were that person who felt and did all these strange things. The person who felt so jealous or so passionate is gone and won't come back, because we change continuously. But by writing about it, for instance by keeping a diary as Ernaux did, we can remember what it was like to be under the spell of our emotions and we can analyse why we behaved in a way we now find incomprehensible and dreadful.
I have to say that I admire Simple Passion a great deal more that The Possession. This was an engrossing read, but I could not relate even remotely to the author's feelings which kept me at a distance looking strangely at her possessive behaviour (which she herself also does with hindsight).
What I take away as the main message from both books is that once these overpowering emotions have ebbed away we find it hard to imagine that we were that person who felt and did all these strange things. The person who felt so jealous or so passionate is gone and won't come back, because we change continuously. But by writing about it, for instance by keeping a diary as Ernaux did, we can remember what it was like to be under the spell of our emotions and we can analyse why we behaved in a way we now find incomprehensible and dreadful.
I have to say that I admire Simple Passion a great deal more that The Possession. This was an engrossing read, but I could not relate even remotely to the author's feelings which kept me at a distance looking strangely at her possessive behaviour (which she herself also does with hindsight).
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