Awards

• Short-listed for Oxford Wiedenfeld Translation Prize 2018 (UK)

Overview

This searing novel of a childhood in a working-class French town has sparked conversations across the globe about social inequality and sexuality 'A brilliant novel... courageous, necessary and deeply touching' Guardian douard 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 ' douard 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

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The real achievement of the book is not its reportage, but its attitude. It is written entirely without self pity - and, astonishingly, without judgment... courageous, necessary and deeply touching -- Neil Bartlett * Guardian * It is a brutal, forceful, gripping read. There is no hipster posing, no ironic distance; its anger and rawness make it refreshing. He has something to say - and it's worth listening to... I suspect we'll be hearing more of Edouard Louis. He is that relatively rare thing - a novelist with something to say and a willingness to say it, without holding back -- Robbie Millen * The Times * A candid, necessary call against conventional definitions of masculinity and the fear of difference -- Claire Kohda Hazelton * Observer * Extraordinary... In prose that revels in describing pain and deprivation, moments of extreme tenderness surface even in the midst of violence -- Tash Aw * London Review of Books * An intensely autobiographical novel that spares no one...this young French writer has captured a candid, unaffected voice that resonates... Publisher's hype all to often fails to deliver, but not this time -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *

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Edouard Louis (Author) douard Louis is the author of The End of Eddy, History of Violence, Who Killed My Father and A Woman's Battles and Transformations, and the editor of a book on the social scientist Pierre Bourdieu. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, making him one of the most celebrated writers of his generation worldwide.

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