WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE*****
An extraordinary evocation of a grown daughter's attachment to her
mother, and of both women's strength and resiliency. I Remain in
Darkness recounts Annie's attempts first to help her mother recover
from Alzheimer's disease, and then, when that proves futile, to bear
witness to the older woman's gradual decline and her own experience as a
daughter losing a beloved parent.
I Remain in Darkness is a new high water mark for Ernaux, surging with
raw emotional power and her sublime ability to use language to apprehend
her own life's particular music.
A Washington Post Top Memoir of 1999