by François Bégaudeau · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070776917
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«Entre les murs» is the novel by French writer François Bégaudeau, published by Verticales in paperback (270 pages, in French).
The novel follows a young French teacher at a secondary school in a troubled district of Paris. Through everyday classroom scenes, it shows his discussions with students, his pedagogical doubts, and the daily struggle to make himself heard, reflecting on education, language, and the tensions of contemporary French society.
Published in 2006, it won the Prix France Culture and was adapted into a movie in 2008; the film of the same name won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
For readers of contemporary French fiction and for those following debates on education; it is also used as school reading.
François Bégaudeau is a French novelist and essayist. He is best known for co-writing and starring in The Class (2008), a film based on his 2006 semi-autobiographical novel Entre les murs. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009.
