The French writer on her singular memoir being longlisted for the Man Booker international prize and why #MeToo has her backing
translated by Alison L Strayer) and made it on to the longlist for this year’s Man Booker international prize . The book was a bestseller in France and, according to writer John Banville, “blends memories, dreams, facts and meditations into a unique evocation of the times in which we lived, and live”., but never “I”, which is unusual even for an impersonal autobiography…
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