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HARDtalk: Writer - Edouard Louis

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15/04/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Writer - Edouard Louis

Is anger the fuel that propels Edouard Louis to write his books?

Does anger fuel Edouard Louis to write his compelling books? HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to the writer who has been seen as a leading voice of the gilets jaunes generation.

Every so often a writer emerges with a voice so original, distinctive and strong that it is heard far beyond the confines of the book buying public. HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Edouard Louis, who produced a raw, harrowing account of his own upbringing in a working class town in the north of France five years ago. Since then, he has written two more books drawn from his own experience of class, discrimination and violence in a fractured France. It’s tempting to see him as the voice of the gilets jaunes generation – is anger the fuel that propels him?

Image: Edouard Louis (Credit: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images)

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