The End of Eddy
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- Author：Édouard Louis
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Summary
‘Before I had a chance to rebel against the world of my childhood， that world rebelled against me。 In truth， confronting my parents， my social class， its poverty， racism and brutality came second。 From early on I provoked shame and even disgust from my family and others around me。 The only option I had was to get away somehow。 This book is an effort to understand all that。’
Édouard Louis grew up in Hallencourt， a village in northern France where many live below the poverty line。 His bestselling debut novel about life there， The End of Eddy， has sparked debate on social inequality， sexuality and violence。
It is an extraordinary portrait of escaping from an unbearable childhood， inspired by the author’s own。 Written with an openness and compassionate intelligence， ultimately， it asks， how can we create our own freedom？
Édouard Louis grew up in Hallencourt， a village in northern France where many live below the poverty line。 His bestselling debut novel about life there， The End of Eddy， has sparked debate on social inequality， sexuality and violence。
It is an extraordinary portrait of escaping from an unbearable childhood， inspired by the author’s own。 Written with an openness and compassionate intelligence， ultimately， it asks， how can we create our own freedom？
Reviews
cjs
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wow， this was really a much-needed gut punch。
Jack M
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The Knausgaard and Ferrante comparisons are wildly premature （but good marketing）。One of my most common criticisms when I dislike a book comes in the form of an attack on the author - mainly that they've grown up in an elitist bubble， where from the onset of life they were on track for a career in the arts， something that prevents them from experiencing real life （fully aware this is some form of cognitive dissonance to cover my own failings， and on the other side， when I love a book， I am in aw The Knausgaard and Ferrante comparisons are wildly premature （but good marketing）。One of my most common criticisms when I dislike a book comes in the form of an attack on the author - mainly that they've grown up in an elitist bubble， where from the onset of life they were on track for a career in the arts， something that prevents them from experiencing real life （fully aware this is some form of cognitive dissonance to cover my own failings， and on the other side， when I love a book， I am in awe of their elitist upbringing and mode of life – case in point my admiration of Knausgaard， who as a Norwegian won the birth lottery and has had his whole life to think and develop his ideas）。 I’ve been waiting for ‘the great working-class novel’ but the more I think about it， the more paradoxical such a notion appears。Edouard Louis is gay and comes from a working class family， but it’s not only that， it’s not just a blue collar family that eats meat and potatoes， it’s a form of destitute poverty that involves， well it involves exactly what you can already imagine; drinking， misogyny， homophobia， racism， violence。 It’s nothing new or terribly captivating （again， contrast with the elitist world – where ideas are so different and novel）。 It’s reasonable to estimate that in general readers have got it good， and odds are they're not from the working class， and not a part of the milieu Louis has grown up in。 And maybe that’s what I like about reading – I imagine myself as someone with a greater social status; not who I am or where I came from。 And that is exactly where the book turns interesting， Louis battle against himself – partially his social status， but mainly his homosexuality and his painful attempts to be someone else。There was one scene， that was terribly off-putting; if you have read the book YOU KNOW WHICH ONE I’M TALKING ABOUT。 Overall， it is a good book， and I suppose that now since Louis has joined the ranks of the upper echelons of the cultural world， he will have time to develop his ideas， and in several years， once he is in his prime， his status in the literary world， or mine at least， will be elevated。 。。。more
Ízargos
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Cruel e pesado。 Bom mas esperava mais！
Felipe
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Eddy acabou de começar。
Monika Liber
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4。5 ale podbijam do 5。 Brudna， smutna i okrutna książka。 Urzekła mnie
Iamthesword
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"De mon enfance je n'ai aucun souvenir heureux。" （There is not a single happy memory I have from my childhood。）This is a rough book。 Édouard Louis describes the childhood and early youth as a homosexual boy in rural Northern France （Louis' birthname is Bellegeule）， brought up in a poor working class family。 Ideas of manliness and gender are narrow and heavily linked to class behavior。 And Eddy just doesn't fit。 From early childhood on， he behaves different。 And difference is the one thing that i "De mon enfance je n'ai aucun souvenir heureux。" （There is not a single happy memory I have from my childhood。）This is a rough book。 Édouard Louis describes the childhood and early youth as a homosexual boy in rural Northern France （Louis' birthname is Bellegeule）， brought up in a poor working class family。 Ideas of manliness and gender are narrow and heavily linked to class behavior。 And Eddy just doesn't fit。 From early childhood on， he behaves different。 And difference is the one thing that is not acceptable in the small village。 From early childhood on， children learn what is acceptable to think， to do and to be。 Especially man seem to be under constant pressure to confirm their manliness， their strength。 The easiest way to do that: degrading others。 Women， minorities - and "less manly" men。 "Les pédés" （comparable to "the fags"） are a commonly accepted target。 And Eddy， who's not interested in sports， talks in a higher voice etc。 soon becomes one in the eyes of the others。 Which makes life almost unbearable。While Louis denounces toxic masculinity the restrictiveness and violence of the environment， he sees poverty as the root of it all。 Poverty lowers the self esteem and forces people to seek self assurance in ideas as （gendered） ideas of strength or group coherence by exclusion。 And in a region heavily hit by the de-industrialization poverty is an ubiquitous experience。 Louis' view is a sociological one （the book is dedicated to his academic teacher Didier Éribon） which is reinforced by the structure of the book which is only partly chronological: Most of the chapters are thematic explorations of different ideas， behaviours， groups or institutions that form the experience of the people living there。 Eddy's story stays in the center， but you also learn quite a bit about other people's lifes。 This way of putting things into perspective is a strong point of the book， because it opens spaces for ambiguity。 This is the most overt in the depiction of the father who is often insufferable， especially in his behaviour towards his wife and his children， but is also able to acts of grumpy kindness and even evoked a little pity in me with his back chronically destroyed by factory work。 Even though my personal experiences were very different from what Eddy experiences in the book， some of the feelings I knew: Living in a world that allows only very narrow corridors of behavior which are heavily gendered。 Feeling that this world works against you。 Not knowing that other ways exist and the feeling of being trapped that comes with it。 （view spoiler）[ And the liberation when you finally manage to leave this world。 （hide spoiler）] My younger self back then could not have read this book （for it was published in 2014）， but I have a feeling that it would have been a great help。Finally there are some small points I didn't like。 Sometimes the book evokes the same scene a bit too often。 And the end comes very abruptly and leaves most of the change in the future。 I would have liked to get a bit more of a glimpse into that experience， too。 But apart from that， it is an impressive debut and an intensive reading experience that will stay in your head for quite a while。 。。。more
anja
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it's a really good book， really upsetting story but a really good book it's a really good book， really upsetting story but a really good book 。。。more
ανεμώνη ઇઉ
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3/5 - και είναι κρίμα γιατί είχα πολύ υψηλές προσδοκίες 🤧Νομίζω πως αυτό που πήγε λάθος με αυτό το βιβλίο είναι ότι μου παραφάνηκε εύπεπτο παρά το βαρύ του θέμα。 Το διάβαζα και ένιωθα πως ο συγγραφέας είναι κάπως αποστασιοποιημένος από την ιστορία που διηγείται， πράγμα παράξενο αφού μιλάμε για autofiction。 Επιπλέον， έχω mixed feelings και για την γλώσσα του βιβλίου。 Ήταν όντως ιδιαίτερη και ενδιαφέρουσα όπως είχα διαβάσει σε διάφορες κριτικές αλλά παράλληλα μου φαινόταν ασταθής και περίεργη。 Σαν 3/5 - και είναι κρίμα γιατί είχα πολύ υψηλές προσδοκίες 🤧Νομίζω πως αυτό που πήγε λάθος με αυτό το βιβλίο είναι ότι μου παραφάνηκε εύπεπτο παρά το βαρύ του θέμα。 Το διάβαζα και ένιωθα πως ο συγγραφέας είναι κάπως αποστασιοποιημένος από την ιστορία που διηγείται， πράγμα παράξενο αφού μιλάμε για autofiction。 Επιπλέον， έχω mixed feelings και για την γλώσσα του βιβλίου。 Ήταν όντως ιδιαίτερη και ενδιαφέρουσα όπως είχα διαβάσει σε διάφορες κριτικές αλλά παράλληλα μου φαινόταν ασταθής και περίεργη。 Σαν να διέκοπτε ο ίδιος ο συγγραφέας τον εαυτό του και την σκέψη του。ΑΑΑ και κάτι ακόμη。 Το γεγονός ότι ο συγγραφέας συνέδεε τον αλκοολισμό， τον ρατσισμό και την ομοφοβία με τα κατώτερα κοινωνικά στρώματα είναι τουλάχιστον επιπόλαιο και προσβλητικό。 。。。more
Tuike
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Raaka， julma ja jotenkin kovin lihallinen kuvaus ranskalaisen tuppukylän menosta， jota voisi kutsua megatoksisen maskuliinisuuden keskittymäksi。 Louisin kieli on niin tarkkaa ja osuvaa， että tapahtumat， henkilöt ja jopa niiden hajut palaavat helposti mieleen kuukausia kirjan sulkemisen jälkeen。
Soetkin Bral
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Een goede vriend van me is homo， en zei me ooit : 'alle mannen die homo's haten zijn zelf homo'。 Door dit boek snap ik doe uitspraak （die daarom nog niet perse waar is） Dit boek is heel rechttoe rechtaan， en doet je dingen snappen die anders abstract blijven。 Het is een dun boek dat snel uit is。 Het mocht veel langer duren， en ik wil weten hoe het verder gaat， dus ik ga meteen zijn andere boeken lezen。 Een goede vriend van me is homo， en zei me ooit : 'alle mannen die homo's haten zijn zelf homo'。 Door dit boek snap ik doe uitspraak （die daarom nog niet perse waar is） Dit boek is heel rechttoe rechtaan， en doet je dingen snappen die anders abstract blijven。 Het is een dun boek dat snel uit is。 Het mocht veel langer duren， en ik wil weten hoe het verder gaat， dus ik ga meteen zijn andere boeken lezen。 。。。more
Geir Tønnessen
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En gripende klassereise om å vokse opp som homofil i et machomiljø på landet i Frankrike。 Liker godt skildringene fra hovedkarakterens hjerteskjærende ståsted i første og siste tredjedel av boka。 Midtpartiet blir litt repeterende， litt uinteressant å lese om alle familiens alkoholiserte voldelige menn og de hjemmeværende kvinnene som bare gjør som mennene sier。
Matti
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Toisaalta kuvaus kokonaisvaltaisesta ulkopuolisuuden tunteesta omassa kasvuympäristössä ja perhepiirissä， ja toisaalta kuvaus modernista länsimaalaisesta köyhyydestä。 Ja myös hieno kasvukertomus。 Pidin myös jännästä vaikutelmasta， mikä syntyi tekstin toteavasta ja hieman kuivasta tyylistä， millä karmeita ja uskomattomia asioita kuvattiin。 Paras lukemani kirja pitkään aikaan。
Jelle Mostien
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Sterk en aangrijpend verhaal， deze schrijver heeft iets te vertellen。Maar het is nogal gewoontjes geschreven， geen meesterlijk schrijver。
josie anne willems
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the end of eddy - Édouard Louis will shift french lit dramatically for generations to come。 honestly 5/5。 over the past 50 years， the french have focused majorly on upper middle bourgeoisie internal issues within their writing， but louis’s memoir introduces the real struggle of himself as a young gay kid within a hypermasculine and heteronormative lower class society unforgiving to those outside the “norm”。 i don’t want to say that i am *changed* by this book…but i am changed。 it’s so raw and ho the end of eddy - Édouard Louis will shift french lit dramatically for generations to come。 honestly 5/5。 over the past 50 years， the french have focused majorly on upper middle bourgeoisie internal issues within their writing， but louis’s memoir introduces the real struggle of himself as a young gay kid within a hypermasculine and heteronormative lower class society unforgiving to those outside the “norm”。 i don’t want to say that i am *changed* by this book…but i am changed。 it’s so raw and honest。 it destroyed me， but we need more of this。 while there are only 24 of you to see this…today in this age it’s incredibly current and it matters。 go buy it。 apologies for mediocre writing， i can’t really find the words but needed to get it out there here and now。 。。。more
Tomasz
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Trochę o klasowości dwudziestego pierwszego wieku i dyskryminacji z niej wynikającej。 Louis pisze o tym， od czego wciąż zbyt często odwracamy wzrok i obnaża system będący źródłem uprzedzeń i przemocy w sposób， który rusza mnie dużo bardziej niż w „Historii przemocy”。 Smutno się to czytało ze świadomością， że to jest w gruncie uniwersalne doświadczenie wielu osób， które nie miały tego szczęścia urodzić się w uprzywilejowanych rodzinach z dużych miast i z odpowiednim kapitałem kulturowym。
Jan
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read for school and fantastic。 it's fucking brutal out here。 read for school and fantastic。 it's fucking brutal out here。 。。。more
Charles Durães
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*3，5 ⭐
Gürcan Öztürk
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Çocukluğun ıssız adasında hapsolup kalan ve git gide silinen Eddy’nin hikayesini anlatan bu nefis kitap， yazarın önceki kitabında olduğu gibi otobiyografik anlarla örülü。 Yetişkinliğin huzurlu ikliminden hayattaki ilk yıllarının vahşetine bakan Edouard Louis yeryüzünde nefes alıp vermeye çalışan hemen her queer erkek çocuğun yaşadığı sancıları bir kez daha hatırlatıyor。 Son derece dolu ve hüzünlü bir okuma deneyimiydi。
Toria
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This was an hard book to put down， the way Edouard Louis writes his characters and story is just hard to let go of。 It's tragic and I furiating， the misstreatment Eddy faces for simply being femenine and gay。 It's so well told and somewhat gritty and the time and I'm very courious how the next book by Edouard Louis is going to be。 This was an hard book to put down， the way Edouard Louis writes his characters and story is just hard to let go of。 It's tragic and I furiating， the misstreatment Eddy faces for simply being femenine and gay。 It's so well told and somewhat gritty and the time and I'm very courious how the next book by Edouard Louis is going to be。 。。。more
Jakub Horbów
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Książka Édouarda Louis jest najlepszym dowodem na to， że klasowość， nawet wśród białej francuskiej społeczności， ma się dobrze w XXI wieku。 Pomijając nawet główny wątek odnajdującego się w swoim homoseksualizmie młodego człowieka， autor przekazuje nam wszystko to czego na co dzień ludzie większych miast nie chcą， świadomie lub nie， widzieć。 Co najważniejsze jest to obraz uniwersalny， a biografia Eddiego jest możliwa do odtworzenia w każdym innym państwie zachodniego świata。W trakcie lektury miał Książka Édouarda Louis jest najlepszym dowodem na to， że klasowość， nawet wśród białej francuskiej społeczności， ma się dobrze w XXI wieku。 Pomijając nawet główny wątek odnajdującego się w swoim homoseksualizmie młodego człowieka， autor przekazuje nam wszystko to czego na co dzień ludzie większych miast nie chcą， świadomie lub nie， widzieć。 Co najważniejsze jest to obraz uniwersalny， a biografia Eddiego jest możliwa do odtworzenia w każdym innym państwie zachodniego świata。W trakcie lektury miałem pewne obiekcje， co do języka i stylu， ale myśląc o niej dłużej， widzę dla niego uzasadnienie i odnoszę wrażenie， że te negatywne odczucia， szczególnie do cytowanych fragmentów， były wzbudzane celowo。Szkoda mi też， że nie udało mi się wcześniej przeczytać Powrotu do Reims， postaram się jednak doczytać， jak najszybciej， jako uzupełnienie po skończeniu Historii przemocy。 。。。more
Jasmim
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magnifique。
Jack Burrows
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A novel driven by a stream-of-consciousness narrative style in which the titular character recalls growing up gay in the 1990s in a rural French village。I am not usually a fan of writing like this and whilst it was not easy to settle into， it was worth the effort。 The first act sees Eddy whimsically explore his family and his village， slowly building up his context so that when the second act comes， you really know him well。 The second act was more engaging， focusing more on Eddy himself， though A novel driven by a stream-of-consciousness narrative style in which the titular character recalls growing up gay in the 1990s in a rural French village。I am not usually a fan of writing like this and whilst it was not easy to settle into， it was worth the effort。 The first act sees Eddy whimsically explore his family and his village， slowly building up his context so that when the second act comes， you really know him well。 The second act was more engaging， focusing more on Eddy himself， though it would not carry the emotive gravitas without the earlier part。Louis writes on themes of gender， class， sexuality and shame in a way which made me look at these topics and their complex intersectionality in an entirely new way。 For example， by some perspectives being of a higher social class can be synonymous with a loss of masculinity and a disregard of the archaic gender-conforming roles for men and women。 In this way， this novel exposes society's complex views on sexuality and suggests that negative attitudes are far more than "just" homophobia。 。。。more
Sinem
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5 yıldızın temel kaynağı hikaye anlatıcılığı ve mükemmel çevirisi。 90lar fransa kırsalının türkiye'den bu kadar farksız olduğunu hiç düşünmezdim， bu kitapta da daha kişisel bir şey anlattığı için bu perspektifi beklemezdim fakat bakın sonra ne oldu。 5 yıldızın temel kaynağı hikaye anlatıcılığı ve mükemmel çevirisi。 90lar fransa kırsalının türkiye'den bu kadar farksız olduğunu hiç düşünmezdim， bu kitapta da daha kişisel bir şey anlattığı için bu perspektifi beklemezdim fakat bakın sonra ne oldu。 。。。more
Alicia
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ich verstehe dass es auf einer wahren begebenheit beruht， aber dieses buch war einfach ziemlich hoffnungslos und das ende dann sehr gehetzt und offen， fast so als solle jetzt nicht noch irgendwas nicht-tragisches passieren
Başak
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uzaklara gitmiştim bile çoktan， artık onların dünyasına ait değildim。
Gert Kruitbosch
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Ik was minder onder de indruk van dit boek dan van de opvolgers。Als debuutroman， kan het tellen， het beschrijft goed hoe een homo jongen zich voelt en dat ontsnappen aan het milieu waarin hij opgroeit als enige optie wordt gezien。
Darrell
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That was an excellent book。 So well written and unusual。 Really gives an insight to a poor small town rural community。 Compassion for people trapped in a poverty spiral they can't escape and honest open window on pain of a gay young man helplessly trying to fit in with a rough and tough community。 Camt wait go read his other book。 That was an excellent book。 So well written and unusual。 Really gives an insight to a poor small town rural community。 Compassion for people trapped in a poverty spiral they can't escape and honest open window on pain of a gay young man helplessly trying to fit in with a rough and tough community。 Camt wait go read his other book。 。。。more
Dominika Eddie Hvorková
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3，5*
Nora
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A powerful story - and as such， hard to take in at times。 It's a story I've never heard before， and one that needs to be told and read。 The more we know about the challenges others go through， the more empathetic we can all be。 It's hard to imagine what someone from a radically different background might have gone through - but after this book， so well told - there's no longer the need to imagine。 A powerful story - and as such， hard to take in at times。 It's a story I've never heard before， and one that needs to be told and read。 The more we know about the challenges others go through， the more empathetic we can all be。 It's hard to imagine what someone from a radically different background might have gone through - but after this book， so well told - there's no longer the need to imagine。 。。。more
Rafal
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Książka dedykowana jest Didierowi Eribonowi。 Jego "Powtór do Reims" przeczytałem jakiś czas temu i rzeczywiście bardzo dużo jest w nich podobieństw。 Tu także mamy do czynienia z dzieckiem francuskiej północy， które chce się wyrwać z tego świata， w którym życie każdego człowieka opisane jest szczegółowo już w momencie， gdy się rodzi。 Może zostać robotnikiem w fabryce albo kryminalistą。 Albo jednym i drugim。 Każde odstępstwa od reguły wywołują agresję。 W przypadku tej książki odstępstwem jest homo Książka dedykowana jest Didierowi Eribonowi。 Jego "Powtór do Reims" przeczytałem jakiś czas temu i rzeczywiście bardzo dużo jest w nich podobieństw。 Tu także mamy do czynienia z dzieckiem francuskiej północy， które chce się wyrwać z tego świata， w którym życie każdego człowieka opisane jest szczegółowo już w momencie， gdy się rodzi。 Może zostać robotnikiem w fabryce albo kryminalistą。 Albo jednym i drugim。 Każde odstępstwa od reguły wywołują agresję。 W przypadku tej książki odstępstwem jest homoseksualizm głównego bohatera。 Ta powieść to dość wstrząsający obraz dorastania z poczuciem bycia innym i całkowicie nieakceptowanym przez rodzinę， szkołę， całe otoczenie。 Powinien to przeczytać każdy głupek （bez względu na to jakie stanowisko piastuje）， który uważa， że LGBT to ideologia。Literacko też niezłe。 。。。more
Reference
google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=The End of Eddy
hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=The End of Eddy&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,The End of Eddy&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0