La Place looks at a daughter's
father. In a fragmented and largely
the narrator describes her feelings of separation and
betrayal chat arise when education and martiage place
her in a social class with different values, language,
and behaviour. She explores the ways in which
lual experience is related to class and group
attitudes, and at the same time tells us a great deal
about French society in general since the turn of the
century.
La Placeis a concentrated text; cut through with irony,
ic may be read in several different ways. Its written in
simple prose, yet the reader is made aware of the
problems of finding an appropriate language for
‘writing about such experiences. Reproduced here with
;oduction and notes which help to clarify any
the language, La Place will be an
Twentieth Century Texts
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LA PLACE
Annie Ernaux
Twentieth
Century
TextsLA PLACE