Look at the Lights, My Love by Annie Ernaux

Author:Annie Ernaux
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2023-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18

Afternoon. A dense crowd as soon as one enters the shopping center. A very loud buzzing noise through which the music can barely be heard. On the inclined moving walkway, under the glass roof, we ascend toward the lights and garlands hanging down like necklaces of precious stones. The young woman in front of me with a little girl in a stroller looks up and smiles. She leans down toward the child. “Look at the lights, my love!”

Coming out of Auchan is a very old man, very stooped, in a baggy overcoat. He moves along slowly with a cane, shuffling in his ragged shoes. His head droops over his chest and I see only his neck. In his free hand, he carries an ancient shopping bag. I am moved. He is like an admirable sort of beetle, come to brave the dangers of an unknown territory to bring home food.

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