The Class

By François Bégaudeau

Book Overview

Winner of the Prix France Culture/T l rama prize, The Class explores timely issues of race, class, identity, colonial history, immigration, and education, "suspend ing] judgment and liberat ing] the raw words of kids in a deconsecrated classroom" (Le Monde). The novel's eponymous film version, directed by Laurent Cantet, starring author B gaudeau as himself, won the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583228853
• ISBN13: 9781583228852
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.1"