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The End of Eddy
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9781473513105
Umbreit-Nr.: 1157725
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 208 S., 1.04 MB
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Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 02.02.2017
Auflage: 1/2017
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Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><b>A brilliant novel courageous, necessary and deeply touching<i>Guardian</i></b></p><p>Édouard Louis grew up in a village in northern France where many live below the poverty line. His bestselling debut novel about life there,<i>The End of Eddy</i>, has sparked debate on social inequality, sexuality and violence.</p><p>It is an extraordinary portrait of escaping from an unbearable childhood, inspired by the authors own. Written with an openness and compassionate intelligence, ultimately, it asks, how can we create our own freedom?</p><p>A mesmerising story about difference and adolescence <i>New York Times</i></p><p>Édouard Louisis that relatively rare thing a novelist with something to say and a willingness to say it, without holding back <i>The Times</i></p><p>Louis book has become the subject of political discussion in a way that novels rarely do Garth Greenwell,<i>New Yorker</i></p>
- Kurztext
- A brilliant novel courageous, necessary and deeply touching Guardianedouard 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 edouard 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
- Autorenportrait
- <b>Édouard Louis</b>is the author of two novels and the editor of a book on the social scientist Pierre Bourdieu. His work has appeared in the<i>New York Times</i>, the<i>Guardian</i>and<i>Freemans</i>. His first novel,<i>The End of Eddy</i>, was translated into more than twenty-five languages, and has made him one of the most celebrated writers of his generation.