{"product_id":"collapse-9780374616830","title":"Collapse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"one of the most important, politically vital and morally bracing writers of his generation\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e), an unflinching account of Édouard Louis's brother's life and death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eÉdouard's brother spent much of his life dreaming. He lived in a poor, working-class world, where he imagined that he would become one of the finest butchers in France, that he would travel, that he would make his fortune, that he would restore cathedrals, and that his father, who had disappeared, would return and love him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut there was no way to escape, no one who could show him how, and everything about him--his drinking, his violence, his behavior with women and with others--condemned him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt thirty-eight, after years of failure and depression, he was found dead on the floor of his small studio apartment. This book is the story of his collapse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eÉdouard Louis traces the life of a man who was in many ways deplorable: violent, misogynistic, homophobic, brutal. But where might understanding begin, and how far can it extend? In \u003ci\u003eCollapse\u003c\/i\u003e, Louis pursues every angle for answers--newly consulting writers and psychoanalysts and questioning his siblings, his mother, his brother's partners, and himself. From an outpouring of memory and pain comes a radical gesture of dignity and forgiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Édouard Louis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.66w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374616830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉdouard 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, \u003ci\u003eA Woman's Battles and Transformations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChange\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMonique Escapes\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of a book on the social scientist Pierre Bourdieu. 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"\u0026#195;\u0026#137;douard Louis \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48397133578397,"sku":"9780374616830","price":31.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a737b0e6-c15b-4dff-af31-8cb5b06f4110.jpg?v=1781073974","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/collapse-9780374616830","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}