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En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule

By: Édouard Louis
Narrated by: Philippe Calvario
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"Je suis parti en courant, tout à coup. Juste le temps d'entendre ma mère dire Qu'est-ce qui fait le débile là ? Je ne voulais pas rester à leur côté, je refusais de partager ce moment avec eux. J'étais déjà loin, je n'appartenais plus à leur monde désormais, la lettre le disait. Je suis allé dans les champs et j'ai marché une bonne partie de la nuit, la fraîcheur du Nord, les chemins de terre, l'odeur de colza, très forte à ce moment de l'année. Toute la nuit fut consacrée à l'élaboration de ma nouvelle vie loin d'ici."
En vérité, l'insurrection contre mes parents, contre la pauvreté, contre ma classe sociale, son racisme, sa violence, ses habitudes, n'a été que seconde. Car avant de m'insurger contre le monde de mon enfance, c'est le monde de mon enfance qui s'est insurgé contre moi. Très vite j'ai été pour ma famille et les autres une source de honte, et même de dégoût. Je n'ai pas eu d'autre choix que de prendre la fuite. Ce livre est une tentative pour comprendre.
L'interprétation de Philippe Calvario, d'une impeccable justesse, rend dramatiquement présent le douloureux cheminement, entre violences et humiliations, d'un jeune garçon confronté à sa "différence".
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Painfully beautiful

Is a very week told story that touche me deeply. . Because in a deferent world a live the same kind of violence. Is is sincere and very well written

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I related to the main character and It was a good read.

As a gay man myself and having lived through the same sort of prejudices and circumstances as the book’s main character, I could not be more overjoyed that Mr. Louis has opened his soul to the public in this way.

I am still only at an intermediate level in my French language studies. So, having the opportunity to read something in English which is this close to heart, while listening to the French audio version simultaneously was a real boon for expansion of my foreign language vocabulary, particularly the manor of speaking which deals with taboo subjects and common language of everyday French youth as it was treated in this story.

I recommend this book and the Audio version, both. It was a fascinating and enlightening read.

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