The Class
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1583228853
ISBN-13
9781583228852
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Imprint
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 7th, 2009
Print length
264 Pages
Weight
245 grams
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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The novel on which the eponymous Palm D''Or-winning film, directed by Laurent Cantet, is based.
An autobiographical novel examining the efforts of one man to teach the French language to a rowdy classroom of teenagers in the outskirts of Paris. Winner of the Prix France Culture/Telerama Prize, The Class explores issues of race, class, identity and colonial history against the backdrop of a turbulent French society grappling with the controversial social consequences of its immigration policy. The novel''s eponymous film version is directed by Laurent Cantet, stars Begaudeau as himself and received the Palme D''Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
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