by Lorin Stein (Translator), Lorin Stein (Translator), Edouard Louis (Author)
The radical and urgent new novel from the author of The End of Eddy I met Reda on Christmas Eve 2012. I was going home after a meal with friends, at around four in the morning. He approached me in the street, and finally I invited him up to my apartment. He told me the story of his childhood and how his father had come to France, having fled Algeria. We spent the rest of the night together, talking, laughing. At around 6 o'clock, he pulled out a gun and said he was going to kill me. He insulted me, strangled and raped me. The next day, the medical and legal proceedings began. History of Violence retraces the story of that night, and looks at immigration, dispossession, racism, desire and the effects of trauma in an attempt to understand, and to outline, a history of violence, its origins, its reasons and its causes.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 14 Jun 2018
ISBN 10: 1911215752
ISBN 13: 9781911215752
Book Overview: The radical new novel from one of international literature's most powerful voices- douard Louis tells his own story of violence to tackle urgent social issues deeply ingrained in society.