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'Before I had a chance to rebel against the world of my childhood, that world rebelled against me. In truth, confronting my parents, my social class, its poverty, racism and brutality came second. From early on I provoked shame and even disgust from my family and others around me. The only option I had was to get away somehow. This book is an effort to understand all that.'
Édouard Louis grew up in Hallencourt, a village in northern France where many live below the poverty line. His bestselling debut novel about life there, The End of Eddy, has sparked debate on social inequality, sexuality and violence.
It is an extraordinary portrait of escaping from an unbearable childhood, inspired by the author's own. Written with an openness and compassionate intelligence, ultimately, it asks, how can we create our own freedom?
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Édouard Louis stammt aus einfachsten Verhältnissen aus einem Dorf in der Picardie, wo die Männer in der Fabrik arbeiten und die Frauen Kassiererin werden. Das Ende von Eddy ist sein autobiographischer Debütroman, der in Frankreich zu einem der meistdiskutierten Veröffentlichungen des Jahres und einem Nr.1-Besteller wurde. Édouard Louis studiert Soziologie an der École normale supérieure in Paris und hat einen Band über Pierre Bourdieu herausgegeben. 2014 erhielt er den Pierre-Guénin-Preis, der besonderes Engagement gegen Homophobie auszeichnet.
Zusammenfassung
‘Before I had a chance to rebel against the world of my childhood, that world rebelled against me. In truth, confronting my parents, my social class, its poverty, racism and brutality came second. From early on I provoked shame and even disgust from my family and others around me. The only option I had was to get away somehow. This book is an effort to understand all that.’
Édouard Louis grew up in Hallencourt, a village in northern France where many live below the poverty line. His bestselling debut novel about life there, The End of Eddy, has sparked debate on social inequality, sexuality and violence.
It is an extraordinary portrait of escaping from an unbearable childhood, inspired by the author’s own. Written with an openness and compassionate intelligence, ultimately, it asks, how can we create our own freedom?
Vorwort
A searing account of life in a working-class town in Picardy, exposing the violence, homophobia, and racism in France today
Bericht
"When new voices come from underrepresented constituencies, there's always the hope of a new perspective... I can read Edouard Louis and know something of what it means to grow up in extreme poverty in contemporary France" Zadie Smith Observer
