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Expected 4 Jun 26Edouard Louis' brother spent much of his life dreaming. He imagined he would become a world-famous craftsman, that he would travel, make his fortune, and that his father - who had disappeared - would return and love him.
But in his poor, working-class world, where social violence limits people's desires, his dreams collapsed. More than anything, he wanted to escape his life, but no one had taught him how to do so. Everything he was — his brutality, his behaviour with women and with others — condemned him; all he had left was gambling and alcohol to forget.
At thirty-eight, after years of failure and depression, he was found dead in his small studio apartment. This book is the story of a breakdown.
But in his poor, working-class world, where social violence limits people's desires, his dreams collapsed. More than anything, he wanted to escape his life, but no one had taught him how to do so. Everything he was — his brutality, his behaviour with women and with others — condemned him; all he had left was gambling and alcohol to forget.
At thirty-eight, after years of failure and depression, he was found dead in his small studio apartment. This book is the story of a breakdown.
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Édouard Louis
33 books3,793 followersÉdouard Louis is a French writer born October 30, 1992. Édouard Louis, born Eddy Bellegueule, grew up in Hallencourt (Somme) before entering theater class at the Lycée Madeleine Michelis in Amiens. From 2008 to 2010 he was a delegate of the Amiens Academy to the National Council for High School Life, then studied history at the University of Picardy.
From 2011, he is pursuing sociology studies at the ENS in the rue d'Ulm. In 2013, he obtained a name change and became Édouard Louis.
The same year, he directed the collective work Pierre Bourdieu. Insubordination as a legacy to the PUF, a work in which Bourdieu's influence on critical thinking and on emancipation policies is analyzed. In March 2014, he announced that he would direct a collection, "Des mots", devoted to transcripts of conferences, interviews and short texts, for this publisher.
In February 2014, at the age of 21, he published En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule, a novel with a strong autobiographical influence. Very commented on in the media, and widely praised for its qualities, the book also gives rise to several controversies, notably on the way in which it depicts his family and his social background.
After the publication of the book, the themes it addresses are worth to Edouard Louis to receive in March 2014 the Pierre Guénin price against homophobia and for equal rights: the press release from the SOS homophobia association notes that “Édouard Louis makes you aware of the impregnation of homophobia in the daily lives of LGBT people.
From 2011, he is pursuing sociology studies at the ENS in the rue d'Ulm. In 2013, he obtained a name change and became Édouard Louis.
The same year, he directed the collective work Pierre Bourdieu. Insubordination as a legacy to the PUF, a work in which Bourdieu's influence on critical thinking and on emancipation policies is analyzed. In March 2014, he announced that he would direct a collection, "Des mots", devoted to transcripts of conferences, interviews and short texts, for this publisher.
In February 2014, at the age of 21, he published En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule, a novel with a strong autobiographical influence. Very commented on in the media, and widely praised for its qualities, the book also gives rise to several controversies, notably on the way in which it depicts his family and his social background.
After the publication of the book, the themes it addresses are worth to Edouard Louis to receive in March 2014 the Pierre Guénin price against homophobia and for equal rights: the press release from the SOS homophobia association notes that “Édouard Louis makes you aware of the impregnation of homophobia in the daily lives of LGBT people.
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