History of Violence

”History of Violence” er en selvbiografisk roman af franske bestseller-forfatter Édouard Louis. Julenat i Paris 2012, blev Édouard Louis voldtaget og næsten myrdet af en mand, han lige havde mødt. Denne voldshandling efterlod Louis knust; eftervirkningerne gjorde ham til en fremmed for sig selv og sendte ham tilbage til den landsby, familie og fortid, han havde svoret at efterlade. I fortællingen bevæger vi os ubesværet mellem fortid og nutid, mellem Louis' stemme og en forestillet fortællers. ”History of Violence” er anden roman af Édouard Louis, der debuterede med den selvbiografiske roman "Færdig med Eddy Belleguele".

”History of Violence” er en selvbiografisk roman af franske bestseller-forfatter Édouard Louis. Julenat i Paris 2012, blev Édouard Louis voldtaget og næsten myrdet af en mand, han lige havde mødt. Denne voldshandling efterlod Louis knust; eftervirkningerne gjorde ham til en fremmed for sig selv og sendte ham tilbage til den landsby, familie og fortid, han havde svoret at efterlade. I fortællingen bevæger vi os ubesværet mellem fortid og nutid, mellem Louis' stemme og en forestillet fortællers. ”History of Violence” er anden roman af Édouard Louis, der debuterede med den selvbiografiske roman "Færdig med Eddy Belleguele".

A gripping autobiographical novel from literary sensation ?douard 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, ?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. 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.

A gripping autobiographical novel from literary sensation ?douard 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, ?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. 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.