The life, old age, and death of a working-class woman
Eribon, Didier2026
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When Didier Eribon's mother began to lose her physical and cognitive autonomy, the author and his brothers were compelled to place her in a nursing home, despite their misgivings. A few weeks later, she died. In this book, Eribon embarks on a historical, political and personal meditation on what it means to grow old in our society, and the care we provide for those who cannot afford to pay for better services. Tracing his mother's rapid decline - and drawing on works by Simone de Beauvoir, Norbert Elias, Annie Ernaux and Michel Foucault, among others - Eribon offers an honest, original and wide-ranging exploration of the relationship between ageing, gender and class, transmuting his own rage, sadness and shame into a strikingly nuanced portrait of the most overlooked human experience.
Main title:
The life, old age, and death of a working-class woman / Didier Eribon ; translated by Michael Lucey.
Author:
Eribon, Didier, authorLucey, Michael, translator
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2026.
Collation:
256 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781802065213 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
194194 ERIB
Language:
EnglishFrench
Subject:
BRN:
9073979
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