Annie Ernaux’s Writing Has Given Dignity to the Lives of the Working Class

Last week, Annie Ernaux won the Nobel Prize in Literature for her courage in interrogating France’s collective memory. Her work has been concerned with the lives of working-class women, which her books have treated with an uncommon dignity and respect.

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