History of Violence by Louis, Édouard

History of Violence (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250449818)

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History of Violence by Louis, Édouard

History of Violence

$18.00
History of Violence by Louis, Édouard

History of Violence

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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A gripping autobiographical novel from literary sensation Édouard Louis, "both brave and ambitious in its determination never to let its reader, or its author, escape lightly the damaging realities it describes" (The Observer).

On Christmas Eve 2012, in Paris, Édouard Louis was raped and almost murdered by a man he had just met. This act of violence left Louis shattered; its aftermath made him a stranger to himself and sent him back to the village, the family, and the past he had sworn to leave behind.

A bestseller in France, History of Violence is a short nonfiction novel in the tradition of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, but with the victim as its subject. Moving seamlessly and hypnotically between past and present, between Louis's voice and the voice of an imagined narrator, History of Violence has the exactness of a police report and the searching, unflinching curiosity of memoir at its best. It records not only the casual racism and homophobia of French society but also their subtle effects on lovers, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives. It represents a great step forward for a young writer whose acuity, skill, and depth are unmatched by any of his generation, in French or English.

Author: Édouard Louis
ISBN-10: 1250449812
ISBN-13: 9781250449818
Publisher: Picador USA
Language: English
Published: 05/05/2026
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.00w x 1.00d
By Édouard Louis
By Édouard Louis
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Édouard Louis is the author of The End of Eddy, History of Violence, Who Killed My Father, A Woman's Battles and Transformations, and Change, and the editor of a book on the social scientist Pierre Bourdieu. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and Freeman's. His books have been translated into thirty languages and have made him one of the most celebrated writers of his generation worldwide. He lives in Paris.

Lorin Stein is a critic, translator, and former editor of The Paris Review.

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