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'Each time I read one of her books, I wanted to read more': five actors on bringing Annie Ernaux's memoir to the stage

by Claire Armitstead

As a theatre production of the Nobel prize-winning writer's acclaimed autobiography The Years opens in the UK, the actors playing her at different ages " including Deborah Findlay, Gina McKee and Romola Garai " talk about what the work means to them Annie Ernaux was 61 years old when, "one September morning" in 2001, two planes crashed into New York's twin towers. "Our image of the world was turned upside down," she …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:32am on July 14, 2024