{"product_id":"the-other-girl-paperback","title":"The Other Girl - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnie Ernaux\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlison L. Strayer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnnie Ernaux's profound investigation into the life of her mysterious older sister, who died at six, two years before Annie was born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the summer of 1950, when Annie Ernaux is ten, she inadvertently learns she had a sister who died at six, two years before her own birth. Having believed she was an only child, she learns that she has replaced another daughter--\"the little saint,\" \"the absent one in every conversation,\" who lives on in Annie's parents' wordless grief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking the form of a letter to the unknown sister, \u003ci\u003e The Other Girl\u003c\/i\u003e was published in French in 2011 as part of the Affranchis collection (published by les éditions du Nil), which invited writers to compose \"the letter they'd never written,\" inspired by Kafka's \u003ci\u003eLetter to His Father\u003c\/i\u003e. \"I had to come to terms with this mysterious inconsistency: you, the good girl, were not saved, but I, the demon, survived. More than survived, was miraculously saved. So you had to die at six for me to come into the world and be saved.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Other Girl\u003c\/i\u003e by the 2022 Nobel Laureate appears now for the first time in an English language version, adding a necessary and wondrous piece to the great and ongoing puzzle that is the oeuvre of one of our greatest living writers, Annie Ernaux.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of some twenty works of fiction and memoir, \u003cb\u003eANNIE ERNAUX\u003c\/b\u003e is considered by many to be France's most important writer. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She has also won the Prix Renaudot for \u003ci\u003eA Man's Place\u003c\/i\u003e and the Marguerite Yourcenar Prize for her body of work. More recently she received the International Strega Prize, the Prix Formentor, the French-American Translation Prize, and the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation for \u003ci\u003eThe Years\u003c\/i\u003e, which was also shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. Her other works include \u003ci\u003eExteriors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Girl's Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Woman's Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Possession\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSimple Passion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHappening\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Remain in Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Frozen Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Man's Place\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Use of Photography\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eALISON L. STRAYER \u003c\/b\u003eis a Canadian writer and translator. Her work has been shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Literature and for Translation, the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal, and the Prix littéraire France-Québec. She lives in Paris.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 8.21 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987461669165,"sku":"9781644214879","price":19.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/5ExZstmuLG9781644214879.webp?v=1776178846","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-other-girl-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}