『나는 나의 밤을 떠나지 않는다』는 작가가 치매에 걸린 어머니를 돌보며 느낀 죄책감과 공포, 그리고 좌절감을 기록한 문병일기로 “나는 추호도 어머니 곁에 있었던 순간들을 수정해서 옮겨 적고 싶지 않았다”는 말처럼 그는 치열하게 기록함으로써 어머니가 떠나지 않은 마지막 “밤”을 지키며 “어머니와 화해하려고” 보냈던 이 모든 시간에 종지부를 찍을 것이다.

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

An extraordinary evocation of a grown daughter’s attachment to her mother, and of both women’s strength and resiliency. I Remain in Darkness recounts Annie’s attempts first to help her mother recover from Alzheimer’s disease, and then, when that proves futile, to bear witness to the older woman’s gradual decline and her own experience as a daughter losing a beloved parent.

I Remain in Darkness is a new high water mark for Ernaux, surging with raw emotional power and her sublime ability to use language to apprehend her own life’s particular music.

A Washington Post Top Memoir of 1999