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| Annie Ernaux: WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE |
My thoughts on I Remain in Darkness
I am going to struggle with review, but honestly I am just trying to convince people to pick this one up.
This is such an emotional memoir of someone watching their mom slowly dying. It's painful. It's raw. It's real.
It reminded me of Proust in the sense that it almost compels you to focus on how you remember things.
Ernaux shares these snapshots in the daily life of her mom as her mothers suffers and slowly approaches death. She expresses her frustrations, her sadness, her deepest feelings about her mother and their relationship.
I read this memoir at a time when I am the sole caregiver for my mother who is battling advanced cancer. It was brutal.
This short book took me hours upon hours to read. I bawled crying through 85% of it.
These seeming simple observations were a poignant look at the many emotions that we can face as we stare mortality in the eyes.
We go on the journey of a hurt daughter caring for her increasingly dependent mother and what that does to someone psychologically.
After her other dies, the grief is palpable on the page. It is honestly so hard to read. It broke my heart open.
If you are in a safe enough place to read this emotionally, I highly suggest you pick this book up.
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