Name: La place
Rating: 3.619047619047619 (21 reviews)
ISBN: 9782070336876

Annie Ernaux

Pierre-Louis Fort

Olivier Tomasini

Dans Folioplus classiques, le texte intégral, enrichi d'une lecture d'image, écho pictural de l'œuvre, est suivi de sa mise en perspective organisée en six points : Courant littéraire > le social au miroir de la littérature ; Genre et registre > L'autobiographie ; L'écrivain à sa table de travail > Genèse et échos ; Groupement de textes > la relation père-fille ; Chronologie > Annie Ernaux et son temps ; Fiche > Des pistes pour rendre compte de sa lecture.

La place

Nathaniel 

« Les livres, la musique, c’est bon pour toi. Moi je n’en ai pas besoin pour vivre. »

Il n'est jamais entré dans un musée, il ne lisait que Paris-Normandie et se servait de son Opinel pour manger. Ouvrier devenu petit commerçant, il espérait que sa fille, grâce aux études, serait mieux que lui.
Cette fille, Annie Ernaux, refuse l'oubli des origines. Elle retrace la vie et la mort de celui qui avait conquis sa petite "place au soleil". Et dévoile aussi la distance, douloureuse, survenue entre elle, étudiante, et ce père aimé qui lui disait : "Les livres, la musique, c'est bon pour toi. Moi, je n'en ai pas besoin pour vivre."
Ce récit dépouillé possède une dimension universelle.

La Place

te hace sentir como un intruso en sus vidas.

Santiago Alejandro Crime

Ethel

A tribute to Annie Ernaux' dad

Key words: contemporary, autobiography, French literature, novel

This novel is a tribute from Annie Ernaux to her dad. It is a collection of thoughts and memories from her childhood, mostly organised chronologically (not always though), but quite unstructured which can be weird at first. However, as it is short, I think everyone can push past that and finish this nice story. The author presents her dad without really any emotions in order to keep a distance and to try to present him as objectively as possible. I enjoyed this book a lot but I am not sure it is one of those stories I will remember for the years to come. However, it is really interesting when it comes to how people viewed their status and tried to escape it during the twentieth century in France. Her dad had ambitions and even moved from worker to shopkeeper but lost his will when he became older. His view on the working class and on people moving up the ladder is interesting. As any parents, he wanted his daughter to have a better life than him and, on this point, many people can identify to it I believe. So why not read this book, I recommend it to adults.

3.5/5

The full French text is accompanied by French-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context.

La place

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