SOURCE: Miller, Nancy K. “Memory Stains: Annie Ernaux's Shame.” a/b: Auto/Biography Studies 14, no. 1 (summer 1999): 38-50.
In the following essay, Miller maintains that the feelings of shame and self-pity expressed in Shame transcend class boundaries and function as a unifying thematic concern for Ernaux's readers.
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