The Life and Errors of Molly Young

The Life and Errors of Molly Young

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The Life and Errors of Molly Young
The Life and Errors of Molly Young
On Annie Ernaux and "autofiction"

On Annie Ernaux and "autofiction"

And people who clip their nails on the subway, and whether or not they should be expelled from society.

Jun 12, 2023
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In Exteriors Annie Ernaux writes about a young man clipping his fingernails on the metro outside Paris. I did not know this was an international phenomenon! Public nail-clipping always seemed the type of pointless vulgarity that would exclusively afflict Americans.

Anyone who has spent more than six months in New York has seen or he…

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