ChildhoodAs one of the leading proponents of the nouveau roman, Nathalie Sarraute is often remembered for her novels, including The Golden Fruits, which earned her the Prix international de litterature in 1964. But her carefully crafted and evocative memoir Childhood may in fact be Sarrautes most accessible and emotionally open work. Written when the author was eighty three years old, but dealing with only the first twelve years of her life, Childhood is