{"product_id":"history-of-violence-paperback","title":"History of Violence - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eÉdouard Louis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is international bestselling French author Edouard Louis's autobiographical novel about surviving a shocking sexual assault and coping with the post-traumatic stress disorder of its aftermath.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn Christmas Eve 2012, in Paris, the novelist  douard 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bestseller in France, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e is a short nonfiction novel in the tradition of Truman Capote's \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Violence \u003c\/i\u003ehas 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 novelist of his generation, in French or English.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉdouard Louis \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the international bestsellers\u003ci\u003e The End of Eddy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHistory of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of a scholarly work on the social scientist Pierre Bourdieu. Compared to Jean Genet by \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eLorin Stein\u003c\/b\u003e is a critic, translator, and former editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52527388983603,"sku":"9781250214980","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UnkzckltTmRhTDQzNWk0Uk1xS08rZz09.webp?v=1760648353","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/history-of-violence-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}