Description
The first American edition, first printing of A Woman’s Story, signed by Annie Ernaux.
Octavo, [4], 92pp. Black hardcover. Stated “Four Walls Eight Windows First Edition” on the copyright page. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $15.95 on the front flap, light shelf wear, short closed tear along top edge, a near fine example. This work was published in 1988 by Editions Gallimard, with title “Femme.”
This copy is signed by Annie Ernaux on the title page.
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.
