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Childhood (Paperback)

by Nathalie Sarraute (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)


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Editorial Reviews
Jane Kramer, The New Yorker
Childhood is a dialogue with memory, a merciless coaxing of memory into images and then into refractions of images, until memory is stripped of sentiment and becomes something close to sensation itself.

From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister
Reading Childhood is like watching a memory at work. Images and moments from Nathalie Sarraute's early years are presented in chronological order but without any attempt to fill in the gaps that are naturally present when a mind looks back ten, twenty, thirty years. What emerges is still a story: the childhood of a young girl living in the first half of the twentieth century who divides her time between her divorced parents in Russia and France. By dismissing the need for a cohesive narrative, Nathalie Sarraute gives her memories immediacy. Her search for truth brings in a second voice that interrupts, testing, reassuring, prompting, creating a dialogue. Childhood puts the reader in a child's place as she relives the ritual of cutting open the pages of a book, the love for a favorite doll, the pain of intentional and unintentional slights, the joy of creating a first story, and the confusion of being passed back and forth between two different sets of parents. -- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 1 pages
  • Publisher: George Braziller (March 1985)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0807611166
  • ISBN-13: 978-0807611166
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #953,220 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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