The Possession

Self-regard, in the works of Annie Ernaux, is always an excruciatingly painful and exact process. Here, she revisits the peculiar kind of self-fulfillment possible when we examine ourselves in the aftermath of a love affair, and sometimes, even, through the eyes of the lost beloved.

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Annie's stream of consciousness

I feel privileged when I hear Annie's innermost thoughts when she was possessed not by a demon, but by intense lust. The names and places are different, but she still is laying everything bare for me. What a brilliant and courageous person she is, well deserving of the Nobel prize for her life's work!