A 1st printing / 1st edition PBO of the first English translation of this 1977 work - only her 2nd book - from celebrated multi-award winning French writer and literature professor Annie Ernaux.  She is perhaps best known in the UK for 'The Years ' (originally released in France in 2008), which was shortlisted for the 2019 International Booker Prize.



** On 6 October 2022, Annie Ernaux was announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature by the Nobel Academy in Stockholm, the first French woman to win the prize.  **





'Do What They Say or Else ', published on 1 October 2022 (only 5 days before her Nobel Prize win) by University of Nebraska Press in Lincoln, 1st edition / 1st printing, large modern paperback original, [vi] + 112 pages.  Translated from the French by Christopher Beach and Carrie Noland.  Published originally in 1977 as 'Ce qu'ils disent ou rien ' by Gallimard in Paris.




In fine unread condition.




Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature




Originally published in 1977, Do What They Say or Else is the second novel by French author Annie Ernaux.  Set in a small town in Normandy, France, the novel tells the story of a fifteen-year-old girl named Anne, who lives with her working-class parents.  The story, which takes place during the summer and fall of Anne’s transition from middle school to high school, is narrated in a stream-of-consciousness style from her point of view.  Ernaux captures Anne’s adolescent voice, through which she expresses her keen observations in a highly colloquial style.


As the novel progresses, and Anne’s feelings about her parents, her education, and her sexual encounters evolve, she grows into a more mature but also more conflicted and unhappy character, leaving behind the innocence of her middle school years.  Not only must she navigate the often-confusing signals she receives from boys, but she also finds herself moving further and further away from her parents as she surpasses their educational level and worldview.












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