{"product_id":"the-young-man","title":"The Young Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn her latest work, Annie Ernaux recounts a relationship with a student thirty years her junior - an experience that transforms her, briefly, back into the 'scandalous girl' of her youth. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen she is with him, she replays scenes she has already lived through, feeling both ageless and closer to death. Laid like a palimpsest on the present, the past's immediacy pushes her to take a decisive step in her writing - producing, in turn, the need to expunge her lover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt once stark and tender, \u003cem\u003eThe Young Man\u003c\/em\u003e is a taut encapsulation of Ernaux's relationship to time, memory and writing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Annie Ernaux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44045420265729,"sku":"9781804270677","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2023-09-27T153517.132.png?v=1695825342","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/the-young-man","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}