Annie Ernaux writes self-disclosure about events from her own life.
Although she doesn't write "I", but usually "she".
- Yes.
I do that as a way to distance myself.
I distance myself more and more from myself, she says.
Feelings don't take up much space in your books?
- No.
Feelings do not belong in writing, i.e. the description of feelings.
But the book should... evoke a feeling in the reader.
The words should ring in reality, but not explain how it should be experienced.
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