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64/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Ãdouard Louis, Tash Aw
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date:
August 16, 2022
A portrait of the authorâs mother by the writer of the international bestsellers The End of Eddy and History of Violence.
What The Reviewers Say
... articulating tenderness and regret alongside shame and rage.
He uses his personal experience to demonstrate the ways women suffer from subordination and masculine domination; and political attacks on his family to show the ways legislation can further denigrate the poor. In essence, Louis’s intimate narrative creates a pathway to understanding the complex, symbiotic nature between systems of power.
The material remains painful, yet Louis’s mellowing tone can be seen in how much more gently he portrays the grim details of Monique’s occupation than he did in The End of Eddy, a luridly styled book undeniably out to shock. The heartbreaking details tend to be quieter, often related to a kind of survivor’s guilt as Louis looks back to his mother’s ill-starred attempts to conjure an escape during his childhood.
... translated into English with unobtrusive flair.
