{"product_id":"use-of-photography","title":"Use of Photography","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003e**Serialized in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker**\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn account of Annie Ernaux's love affair with journalist Marc Marie while she was undergoing treatment for cancer, and their combined project to document images and memories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes 14 color still-life photographs by the authors.\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book of 2024 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A must-read for lovers of words, images, and Ernaux herself. So. . . everyone?\"\u003cb\u003e--Jessie Gaynor, \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Annie Ernaux has long foregrounded physical and emotional sensations as the building blocks of her autobiographical writing. However, it is in \u003ci\u003eThe Use of Photography\u003c\/i\u003e where the connection between the body and subjectivity most powerfully emerges.\"\u003cb\u003e--Lisa Connell in \u003ci\u003eFrench Forum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"These photos, in which the bodies are absent, and the eroticism is only represented by the abandoned clothes, were a reminder of my possible, permanent absence.\"\u003cb\u003e--Annie Ernaux\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnnie Ernaux and Marc Marie met in January 2003 and became lovers almost immediately. A short time later, he accompanied her to the Institut Curie, where she was having surgery for breast cancer. A deep bond formed between Annie and Marc precisely during this time of great uncertainty within Ernaux as to whether she would live or die from the cancer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarly in their affair, Ernaux found herself entranced each morning by the sight of clothes strewn about, chairs out of place, and the remains of their last meal of the evening before still on the table. The two lovers began to take still life photographs, and to write. Their efforts to save the fleeting beauty of these moments were, as Ernaux would describe later in an interview, \"material proof of what had happened there, of love.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Use of Photography\u003c\/i\u003e is a defining work in Ernaux's career, leading directly to the book that would come next, her masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Years\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Annie Ernaux's work presents a breathtakingly frank, fearless, many-sided account of the female experience during the past century.\"\u003cb\u003e--Liesl Schillinger, \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Alison L Strayer, Annie Ernaux, Marc Marie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46299669037292,"sku":"9781644214138","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781644214138.jpg?v=1743066969","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/use-of-photography","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}