Happening
of Annie Ernaux
translated by Isadora de Araújo Pontes
available here
Synopsis
In 1963, Annie Ernaux, a 23-year-old literature student, became pregnant by a young man with whom she had been involved with. She decided to terminate the pregnancy at a time when abortion was illegal in France, putting her in a position of profound isolation and helplessness. Forty years later, the author returns to her diaries and memories to write about this event.
Genres
Isabel Teixeira (São Paulo, 1973) is an actress, playwright, researcher and director who graduated from the University of São Paulo’s School of Dramatic Art. She won the Shell Award for Best Actress for Rainha(s), duas atrizes em busca de um coração (2008), which she co-wrote with Georgette Fadel and Cibele Forjaz. She played Maria Bruaca in Rede Globo’s soap opera Pantanal (2022).
other works read by Isabel Teixeira
- A Man’s Place (available soon)
- The Young Men
author Annie Ernaux
Annie Ernaux was born in 1940 in Lillebonne, France. She studied at the University of Rouen and taught at the Centre National d’Enseignement par Correspondance for over thirty years. Her books are considered modern classics in France. In 2017, Ernaux was awarded the Marguerite Yourcenar Prize for her body of work and, in 2022, the Nobel Prize for Literature.
other works written by Annie Ernaux
other suggestions of books
As mulheres de Tijucopapo
of Marilene Felinto
