{"product_id":"idiocy-paperback","title":"Idiocy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePierre Guyotat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Behrman de Sinéty\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn audacious, unabashedly transgressive memoir about two acts of escape by the author: rebelling aginst his family to seek a freer life in Paris and then, later, from the French military during the Algerian War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePierre Guyotat was one of the most radical and uncompromising writers of the twentieth century, a literary successor to Sade, Bataille, and Genet whose visceral fictions and bold experiments with language have earned him cult status in France and abroad. \u003ci\u003eIdiocy\u003c\/i\u003e is his searing memoir of coming of age between 1958 and 1962, when he discovered his burgeoning sexuality and aptitude for rebellion--first against his father, whom he escaped to become a writer in Paris, then against the French military authorities as a conscript in the Algerian War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGuyotat recounts the atrocities he witnessed first-hand in Algeria, as well as his own harrowing experience of being arrested for inciting desertion and imprisoned in a hole in the ground for three months. Guyotat wields his language like a scalpel, merciless in his exploration of human brutality in all its horrible, granular detail. Yet his generous depictions of camaraderie and friendship are just as unflinching. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe winner of the 2018 Prix Médicis, \u003ci\u003eIdiocy \u003c\/i\u003eis an incisive condemnation of violence and colonialism, and a bracing, hallucinatory late masterpiece from a writer hailed by Edmund White as \"one of the few geniuses of our day.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePierre Guyotat\u003c\/b\u003e (1940-2020) was a French writer. In 1960, he was conscripted into the Algerian War, the inhumanity of which would become a recurring theme throughout his oeuvre. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTomb for 500,000 Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEden, Eden, Eden\u003c\/i\u003e, which was banned in France upon its publication in 1970, and \u003ci\u003eComa\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2006 Prix Décembre. In 2018, he was awarded the Prix Femina spécial for lifetime achievement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeter Behrman de Sinéty\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Maine and lives in Paris. He was \u003ci\u003electeur d'anglais\u003c\/i\u003e at the École Normale Supérieure, where he has taught since 2011. His translations include Éric Chevillard's \u003ci\u003eQWERTY Invectives\u003c\/i\u003e and Maël Renouard's \u003ci\u003eFragments of an Infinite Memory\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47193878921465,"sku":"9781681379197","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/N8npSUyCNP9781681379197.webp?v=1767913237","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/idiocy-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}