Overview

• A new German translation of L’Occupation, published as Die Besessenheit, spotlights her unsparing portrait of obsessive jealousy.
• The compact book of about 100 pages showcases the clinically clear, emotionally restrained prose that defines her work.
• Ernaux’s autobiographical projects probe memory, shame, desire and class to link private experience to social history.
• Her earlier books, including Der Platz, Eine Leidenschaft and Das Ereignis, remain touchstones, with Audrey Diwan’s award-winning film raising the profile of Das Ereignis.
• Contemporary voices such as Maria Pourchet, Ivan Jablonka and Édouard Louis praise her as a documentarian of reality who decodes power structures and renews literary form.