The Possession by Annie Ernaux

The Possession by Annie ErnauxThe strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire citythe whole worldwith a person you may never have met. These first words set the framework for The Possession, a striking portrait of a woman after a love affair has ended. Annie Ernaux pulls the reader through every step of jealousy, of a womans need to know who has replaced her in a lost beloveds life. Ernauxs writing, characteristically gorgeous in its precision, depicts the all

but some clues are compelling

and collectively they are meditations on life

highlights the essential import of these innocuous-looking

Faced with the loss of her child

now twenty-four

Here he offers real

Hercule Poirot had detected sexual tension in the seaside air

Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many different guises

In a tale that will change how we look at leadership

For over 15 years

In the face of near impossible odds

and afterlife of history's most powerful book