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A Simple Passion
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A Simple Passion

novel by Ernaux
Also known as: “Passion simple”
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  • Annie Ernaux
    Annie Ernaux
    / A Simple Passion and The Use of Photography

    …works as Passion simple (1991; A Simple Passion), a bestseller in France that describes the obsessive affair she had with a married diplomat, years after her own marriage had ended. It was lauded for its finesse in skirting the usual clichés of illicit love affairs and for uncovering the tensions…

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    …works as Passion simple (1991; A Simple Passion), a bestseller in France that describes the obsessive affair she had with a married diplomat, years after her own marriage had ended. It was lauded for its finesse in skirting the usual clichés of illicit love affairs and for uncovering the tensions…

    Read More