{"product_id":"look-at-the-lights-my-love-paperback","title":"Look at the Lights, My Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnie Ernaux\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlison L. Strayer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revelatory meditation on class and consumer culture, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Translated from the French with great intelligence and sensitivity by Alison Strayer. . . . Ernaux's diary is a provocation: to accept these life scenes as worthy of our time and attention.\"--Kate Briggs, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A dryly charming look at the way the French live now, through the sharp eyes of its most acclaimed chronicler.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For half a century, the French writer Annie Ernaux has transgressed the boundaries of what stories are considered worth telling, what subjects worth exploring. In this probing meditation, Ernaux turns her attention to the phenomenon of the big-box superstore, a ubiquitous feature of modern life that has received scant attention in literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Recording her visits to a store near Paris for over a year, she captures the world that exists within its massive walls. Through Ernaux's eyes, the superstore emerges as \"a great human meeting place, a spectacle\"--a flashy, technologically advanced incarnation of the ancient marketplace where capitalism, cultural production, and class converge, dictating our rhythms of desire. With her relentless powers of observation, Ernaux takes the measure of a place we thought we knew, calling us to question the experiences we overlook and to gaze more deeply into ordinary life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnie Ernaux\u003c\/b\u003e is the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature. She is the author of more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Years\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Woman's Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Man's Place\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSimple Passion\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAlison L. Strayer\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer and translator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754152657184,"sku":"9780300268218","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/645436fd1805a22cc9f8db3be935d4ac.webp?v=1780034537","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/look-at-the-lights-my-love-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}