A review by everynothing
Im Herzen der Gewalt by Édouard Louis

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Although the story is deeply structured, having been told over and over again, it's all a blur. The narrative situation creates a distance that helps to see (and perhaps to tell) a deeply ambiguous story of violence and instant intimacy, of the cruelty of those who ask and pity, and the confusion of those who feel they must protect their story by protecting those who wrote it. Somehow Louis manages to make the oldest literary techniques look new and compelling.