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Cleaned Out

Annie Ernaux

Cleaned Out tells the story of Denise Lesur, a 20-year-old woman suffering the after-effects of a back-alley abortion. Alone in her college dorm room, Denise attempts to understand how her suffocating middle-class upbringing has brought her to such an awful present. Ernaux, one of France's most important contemporary writers, daringly breaks with formal French literary tradition in this moving novel about abortion, growing up, and coming to terms with one's childhood.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
  • Publish Date: Sep 1st, 1996
  • Pages: 127
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - 0002
  • Dimensions: 8.53in - 5.53in - 0.41in - 0.42lb
  • EAN: 9781564781390
  • Categories: General

About the Author

Ernaux, Annie: - Annie Ernaux a publie son premier roman Les armoires vides en 1974. Couronnee par le prix Renaudot en 1984 pour La place, elle est notamment l'auteur d'Une femme (1988), de Passion simple (1992) et de La honte (1997), parus aux editions Gallimard.
Sanders, Carol: - Sanders is Professor of French, Department of Linguistic and International Studies, University of Surrey.
Sanders, Carol: - Carol Sanders is Professor of French at the University of Surrey.