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A woman's battles and transformations / Édouard Louis ; translated from the French by Tash Aw.
Late one night, Édouard Louis got a call from his forty-five-year-old mother: "I did it. I left your father." Suddenly, she was free. This is the searing and sympathetic story of one woman's liberation: of mothers and sons, of history and heartbreak, of politics and power. It reckons with the cruel systems that govern our lives--and with the possibility of escape. Sharp, short, and fine as a needle, it is a necessary addition to the work of Édouard Louis, "one of France's most widely read and internationally successful novelists" (The New York Times Magazine).
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374606749 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 100 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in French as Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme: Paris : Éditions du Seuil, 2021. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the French. |
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| Subject: | Louis, Édouard > Family. Authors, French > 21st century > Family relationships. Mothers of authors > France > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. Personal narratives. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 843.92 Louis | 31681010289601 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Édouard Louis is the author of the international bestsellers The End of Eddy and History of Violence as well as the nonfiction book Who Killed My Father. Compared to Jean Genet by The Paris Review, his work deals with sexuality, class, and violence. Louis was born Eddy Bellegeule in the working-class village of Hallencourt in northern France, and he attended the École Normale Supérieure and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.
