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Emmanuel Bourdieu, the question of the legacy of evil from one generation to another

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Emmanuel Bourdieu in studio at RFI (February 2022).

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By: Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint

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Emmanuel Bourdieu, son of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, was born in Paris in 1965. Philosopher, playwright, screenwriter and director of several films including "Louis-Ferdinand Céline" with Denis Lavant.

He signs with "

", published by Rivages, his first novel.

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"Based on the trial of a peasant who tortured, raped and butchered a jogger, this noir novel traces the genealogy of violence within the family of the culprit, heir to a family farm whose barbaric and inexplicable act seems to arise from time immemorial."

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