{"product_id":"change-douard-louis-hardcover","title":"Change -- Édouard Louis, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn autobiographical novel from ﾉdouard Louis, hailed as one of the most important voices of his generation--about social class, transformation, and the perils of leaving the past behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne question took center stage in my life, it focused all of my thoughts and occupied every moment when I was alone with myself: how could I get this revenge, by what means? I tried everything.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eﾉdouard Louis longs for a life beyond the poverty, discrimination, and violence in his working-class hometown--so he sets out for school in Amiens, and, later, university in Paris. He sheds the provincial \"Eddy\" for an elegant new name, determined to eradicate every aspect of his past. He reads incessantly; he dines with aristocrats; he spends nights with millionaires and drug-dealers alike. Everything he does is motivated by a single obsession: to become someone else. At once harrowing and profound, \u003ci\u003eChange \u003c\/i\u003eis not just a personal odyssey, a story of dreams and of \"the beautiful violence of being torn away,\" but a vividly rendered portrait of a society divided by class, power, and inequality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e ﾉdouard Louis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374606800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2024 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eﾉdouard Louis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Eddy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWho Killed My Father\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Woman's Battles and Transformations\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFreeman's\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been translated into thirty languages and have made him one of the most celebrated writers of his generation worldwide. He lives in Paris. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Lambert\u003c\/b\u003e has translated \u003ci\u003eMonsieur\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReticence\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e, by Jean-Philippe Toussaint, as well as Emmanuel Carr鑽e's \u003ci\u003eYoga\u003c\/i\u003e, 97\u003ci\u003e,196 Words\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLimonov\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Nantes, in northwestern France.","brand":"Édouard Louis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45671325892836,"sku":"9780374606800","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780374606800.jpg?v=1727444735","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/change-douard-louis-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}