{"product_id":"9781839043901","title":"The Years","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Annie Ernaux\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePlays, playscripts\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 August 2024 by NICK HERN BOOKS in the United Kingdom as part of 'the NHB Modern Plays' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 72 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 8mm | 88g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Memory pairs the dead with the living, real with imaginary beings, dreams with history.'She strikes a pose and the camera shutter clicks... A child playing in the debris of the Second World War. Click. A student discovering parties and men's bodies. Click. An activist fighting for the right to choose. Click. A wife picking out a velvet sofa. Click. A mother taking her eldest to judo. Click. A lover, seducing a younger man. Click. A grandmother presenting her granddaughter to the camera. Click.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Years\/Les années is Annie Ernaux's critically acclaimed 'masterpiece' (Guardian), charting a woman's personal and political life against the backdrop of a rapidly changing post-war Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEline Arbo's inventive stage adaptation was premiered as De jaren by Het Nationale Theater in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2022. It was first performed, in an English-language version by Stephanie Bain – after the translations by Alison L. Strayer and Tanya Leslie – at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2024, with a cast of five women collectively bringing to life the story of one woman, and a whole continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Nothing short of theatrical magic' De Nederlandse Toneeljury\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Annie Ernaux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839565410653,"sku":"9781839043901","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781839043901.jpg?v=1780059195","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781839043901","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}