In the lower classes, politics has always been a matter of life and death. My parents were desperate at the idea of losing some badly needed social benefit, which might make the difference between whether we could go to the dentist. I was 15 when my father went to the dentist for the first time because the government created a new health benefit.


The Guardian French literary boy wonder Édouard Louis on saving the working class from Marine Le Pen

Édouard Louis Quotes

In the lower classes, politics has always been a matter of life and death. My parents were desperate at the idea of losing some badly needed social...

In the lower classes, politics has always been a matter of life and death. My parents were desperate at the idea of losing some badly needed social...

In the lower classes, politics has always been a matter of life and death. My parents were desperate at the idea of losing some badly needed social...

In the lower classes, politics has always been a matter of life and death. My parents were desperate at the idea of losing some badly needed social...