Description
The first American edition, first printing of Exteriors by Annie Ernaux.
Octavo, 95pp, [1]. Orange hardcover. The first printing, with a full number line on the copyright page. Lightly bumped top corner, solid text block. A few dog-eared pages. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $16.00 on the front flap, light shelf wear to both panels, near fine condition. This work was first published by Editions Gallimard in 1993, with the title “Journal du dehors.”
In 2022, Annie Ernaux became the first French woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, for the “courage and clinical acuity” with which she uncovers the roots and structures of personal memory. Her notable works include The Years, A Woman’s Story, and Happening.
