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Look at the Lights, My Love | Annie Ernaux

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This is a meditation on the big-box superstore as “a great human meeting place, a spectacle.” Superstores are full of stories and intersections. It's a place where your way of life is exposed-your bank account, your eating habits, your interests, your family structure. In these diarist essays, the reader is confronted with the ugly side of an economy designed to give us what we want, when we want it, no matter the human and environmental cost.

rubyslippersreads I hate self-checkout. 😠 1y

BekaReid @rubyslippersreads same! And Annie Ernaux's description made me laugh 😂 1y

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BekaReid

Look at the Lights, My Love | Annie Ernaux

Look at the Lights, My Love by Annie Ernaux is a meditation on the big-box superstore, and I honestly can't wait to read this!

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BekaReid

Look at the Lights, My Love | Annie Ernaux

A rainy Sunday afternoon well spent wandering around a bookstore. Picked up these two. Tagged book for me. The other is a Christmas gift, and it's a gorgeous edition.

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Coueriamb

Look at the Lights, My Love | Annie Ernaux

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Strange little book. It reminded me of all the pretentious musing I‘d do as a teenager in my fancy Moleskine journal, except about a double decker super store in France.

Yes yes capitalism is bad and the self check out is scary and we‘re always on camera especially in big box stores. There- saved you $16 or a library loan.

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