A frozen woman
By: Annie Ernaux ; translated by Linda Coverdale
Contributors: Coverdale, Linda
Edition: Four Walls Eight Windows 1st ed.
Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781568580296
Subjects: French Authors; Biography
Work titles: Femme gelée
Description: A French girl starts out in life with ambitions to have a career, but she also wants love. Love leads to marriage, children, and in no time she is a harried housewife. A study in the conflict between a woman's need to be desired and her need to fulfill herself in a profession. A novel written in defense of all who are expected to put others ahead of themselves. By the author of Simple Passion.
Notes: Also issued online.