A Woman’s Battles and Transformations
A counterpoint to Who Killed My Father — a tender, radically personal-political account of Édouard Louis's mother's life. Édouard Louis is one of the most important literary voices of his generation' Guardian One day, Édouard Louis finds a photograph of his mother from twenty years ago — a happy young woman, full of hopes and dreams. But growing up, Édouard...Paperback$3200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrowChange
The major new novel from the once-in-a-generation author of The End of Eddy. 'One of the most important, politically vital and morally bracing writers of his generation.' - Keiran Goddard, Guardian 'Change fills me with admiration and inspiration, as well as renewed faith in writing itself.' - Maggie Nelson 'One of the major writers of our time.' - Garth Greenwell...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksCollapse
In a vivid, tender and uncompromising novel of male violence and destruction, once-in-a-generation writer Édouard Louis looks back on the life and death of his deeply troubled older brother. Édouard's brother spends much of his life dreaming. He lives in a poor, working-class world, where he imagines that he will become one of the finest butchers in France, that he...Hardback$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMonique Escapes
The blazing new book from once-in-a-generation writer douard Louis, as he helps his mother escape from an abusive partner One evening, during a writers' residency in Athens, douard receives a tearful phone call from his mother, Monique. She tells him that the man she lives with in Paris is abusive, inflicting upon her the same drunken behaviour as douard's father,...Hardback$3800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks