United Book Distributors I Remain In Darkness

"A testament to the persistent, haunting, & melancholy quality of memory."--Richard Bernstein, The New York Times. "As revealed by Ernaux, the details of a loved one's deterioration have such emblematic force & terror that the particular becomes universal." --The New York Times Book Review. "Ernaux courageously bears witness both to complex multiple truths of family relationships & to the fierce persistence of family love." --The Washington Post Book World. "Originally written, unguarded, unreconstructed, unadorned." --The Review of Contemporary Fiction In the summer of 1983, Annie Ernaux's mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. "I Remain in Darkness" traces the descent of Ernaux's mother into the depths of the disease & reveals the author's own complex feelings of guilt & responsibility toward the woman she still loved & admired but could no longer help.