The End of Eddy
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Engelsk
The author grew up in Hallencourt, a village in northern France where many live below the poverty line. This novel is about life there. It is an extraordinary portrait of escaping from an unbearable c...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af The End of Eddy af Edouard Louis
The author grew up in Hallencourt, a village in northern France where many live below the poverty line. This novel is about life there. It is an extraordinary portrait of escaping from an unbearable childhood. Written with an openness and compassionate intelligence, ultimately, it asks, how can we create our own freedom? ‘A brilliant novel… courageous, necessary and deeply touching’ GuardianÉdouard Louis grew up in 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?‘A mesmerising story about difference and adolescence’ New York Times‘Édouard Louis…is that relatively rare thing – a novelist with something to say and a willingness to say it, without holding back’ The Times‘Louis’ book has become the subject of political discussion in a way that novels rarely do’ Garth Greenwell, New Yorker
Detaljer
Forlag
Vintage
ISBN
9780099598466
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
208
Udgivelsesdato
01-02-2018
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
2537226
EAN nr.
9780099598466
Varegruppe
Fiction paperback
Højde/Dybde (mm)
130
Bredde (mm)
199
Længde (mm)
14
Vægt (g)
156