{"product_id":"the-use-of-photography-9781644214138","title":"The Use of Photography","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn account of Annie Ernaux's love affair with journalist Marc Marie while she was undergoing treatment for cancer, and their combined project to document images and memories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes 14 color still-life photographs by the authors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLove and death cohabit in \u003ci\u003eThe Use of Photography, \u003c\/i\u003e with alternating chapters by the two authors. First published in France in 2005, the book recounts a passionate love affair between Ernaux and the journalist and author Marc Marie, after the two met in January 2003. Ernaux had been receiving intensive chemo for breast cancer during the prior three months, and had lost all her hair from the treatments. At the end of January she had surgery, followed by radiation therapy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe affair took place in different locations and Ernaux describes how, shortly after it began, she found herself entranced each morning by the sight of clothes strewn about, chairs out of place and the remains of their last meal of the evening still on the table--and how painful it felt to put things back in order afterward. She went and got her camera, and began to take photographs of the scenes of disarray. When she told Marc Marie what she had done, he said he had felt the same desire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Use of Photography\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the quintessential Ernaux books, told primarily through words in Ernaux's inimitable style, which is adopted here by both authors, and with their photographs adding another lens through which to capture the story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644214138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Annie Ernaux, Marc Marie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44524627067061,"sku":"9781644214138","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3207b1b1-42fc-4d81-9bf0-60d73d6825c7.jpg?v=1722920420","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-use-of-photography-9781644214138","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}