The parlour confession. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] One of the world’s greatest living authors, French novelist Annie Ernaux is in our city to attend the Delhi Book Fair, in which France is the guest of honour. The 2022 Nobel laureate in literature agreed to be a part of The Delhi Walla's Proust Questionnaire series in which citizens are nudged to make “Parisian parlour confessions”, all to explore our distinct experiences. Her answers were translated from French into English by Jayashri Sridharan. Your favorite virtue or the principal aspect of your personality. The desire for perfection. Your favorite qualities in a man. Vulnerability, rectitude. Your favorite qualities in a woman. Strength, rectitude. Your chief characteristic. A memory that allows me to walk back in time like one does in a movie. What