{"product_id":"9781839043901-years-the","title":"The Years","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful stage adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux's critically acclaimed 'masterpiece' (\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e), premiered in this English translation at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Memory pairs the dead with the living, real with imaginary beings, dreams with history.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe strikes a pose and the camera shutter clicks. A child playing in the debris of the Second World War. \u003cem\u003eClick\u003c\/em\u003e. A student discovering parties and men's bodies. \u003cem\u003eClick\u003c\/em\u003e. An activist fighting for the right to choose. \u003cem\u003eClick\u003c\/em\u003e. A wife picking out a velvet sofa. \u003cem\u003eClick\u003c\/em\u003e. A mother taking her eldest to judo. \u003cem\u003eClick\u003c\/em\u003e. A lover, seducing a younger man. \u003cem\u003eClick\u003c\/em\u003e. A grandmother presenting her granddaughter to the camera. \u003cem\u003eClick\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Years\/Les années\u003c\/em\u003e is Annie Ernaux's critically acclaimed 'masterpiece' (\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e), charting a woman's personal and political life against the backdrop of a rapidly changing post-war Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEline Arbo's inventive stage adaptation was premiered as \u003cem\u003eDe jaren\u003c\/em\u003e by Het Nationale Theater in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2022. It was first performed, in an English-language version by Stephanie Bain – after the translations by Alison L. Strayer and Tanya Leslie – at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2024, with a cast of five women collectively bringing to life the story of one woman, and a whole continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt transferred to the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Nothing short of theatrical magic'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eDe Nederlandse Toneeljury\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41754420248673,"sku":"9781839043901","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_12632551_2478_20241024072219.jpg?v=1729842063","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781839043901-years-the","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}