In 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 c…
Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Random visitors, regulars, and, most notably, her colleagues—three gravediggers, three groundskeepers, and a priest—visi…
"Första gången jag hörde talas om Mikkolasystrarna var jag fem eller sex år gammal, jag satt på vardagsrumsgolvet och lekte. Mina föräldrar sade namnet Mikkola igen och igen, och jag undrade vad det b…
