Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux: The exquisite pain of passion
A deceptively simple story of an affair with a married man is shatteringly insightful
Lucy Sweeney-Byrne
Simple Passion opens with Annie Ernaux’s account of watching porn for the first time:
“No doubt, one gets used to such a sight; the first time is shattering. Centuries and centuries, hundreds of generations have gone by, and it is only now one can see this … It occurred to me that writing should also aim for that.”
