Two of the most acclaimed authors of the century spoke about writing, womanhood and the Nobel Prize
From the moment it was announced, it was always going to be the literary event of the year – Glastonbury for book lovers.in conversation on the closing day of Charleston Festival: two of this century’s most acclaimed and adored authors
– an agonisingly brief account of shame, trauma and the grim reality of misogynistic attacks on women’s bodies – to her mother’s dementia in, to the entire, collective social and political history of France throughout the second half of the 20th century in, Ernaux’s books excavate and scour the past, taking nothing less than life itself as their true subject.
Ernaux has not been able to write since winning the Nobel Prize, which fell into her life “like a bomb” Yet, she also provided a glimmer of hope, away from the attendant anxieties of prize culture. “What touches me is not the prize itself, but my conversations with people,” Ernaux declaredIt’s the feeling that the prize does not just belong to me, but to all of us. That matters to me.”
Yet, asked whether it was important for her to accommodate both of these experiences in her work, Ernaux seemed to gently reject Rooney’s terms.“What motivates me to write is to describe the things that have been left unsaid.”
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