{"product_id":"happening-annie-ernaux-paperback","title":"Happening -- Annie Ernaux, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHappening\u003c\/i\u003e recounts what it was like to be a young woman whose life changed -- and world ominously narrowed -- in 1963 with an unwanted pregnancy. . . . It feels urgently of the moment.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: Understanding that her pregnancy will mark her and her family as social failures, she knows she cannot keep that child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story, written forty years later, of a trauma Ernaux never overcame. In a France where abortion was illegal, she attempted, in vain, to self-administer the abortion with a knitting needle. Fearful and desperate, she finally located an abortionist, and ends up in a hospital emergency ward where she nearly dies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHappening\u003c\/i\u003e, Ernaux sifts through her memories and her journal entries dating from those days. Clearly, cleanly, she gleans the meanings of her experience.\n\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow an award-winning film by Audrey Diwan\n\n\u003c\/b\u003eWinner of the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival\n\nOfficial Selection of the Sundance Film Festival\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Annie Ernaux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.1\" H x 5.4\" L x 0.4\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781609809485\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50774222668080,"sku":"9781609809485","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781609809485_c9bd41ad-df6c-46f4-a670-06bb7abd0c79.jpg?v=1775349704","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/happening-annie-ernaux-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}