Happening

by Annie Ernaux

Book Overview

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

Happening recounts what it was like to be a young woman whose life changed -- and world ominously narrowed -- in 1963 with an unwanted pregnancy. . . . It feels urgently of the moment.
--The New York Times

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609809483
• ISBN13: 9781609809485
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.1"