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Simple Passion

of Annie Ernaux

translated by Marília Garcia

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Synopsis

First published in 1992, Simple Passion recounts an experience of absolute rapture when Annie Ernaux, a divorced mother of two, falls in love with a married, foreign man. In its brief pages, the novel tells of the author’s state of enchantment with her lover – whom she refers to as A. – and investigates the consequences of this event on the perception of time and on the act of writing itself.

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why we recorded it

In "Simple Passion", one of Annie Ernaux’s most acclaimed books, the nuances of her passion are scrutinized in the language of clarity and restraint that is characteristic of her work. The radical experience of falling in love and experiencing great love changes not only the perception of time, which now revolves around the presence or absence of A., but also challenges her writing, which neither follows a chronology nor intends to “explain” passion, preferring to “show what it is”.

In the voice of Isabel Teixeira, this title continues the project to publish Annie Ernaux’s audiobooks in Brazil, produced by Supersônica in partnership with Fósforo publishing house.

Annie Ernaux read by Isabel Teixeira

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

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

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