Les enfants de la violence

Synopsis of Les enfants de la violence

«Les enfants de la violence» is Claude Couderc's documentary essay, published by Fixot in paperback (221 pages, in French).

The book brings together ten stories and portraits of children and adolescents who suffer abuse, mistreatment, drugs and abandonment. Trapped in a violent environment, some end up becoming tormentors in turn; the author tells their stories of pain, helplessness and loneliness without mincing words.

The volume was published in 1990, includes a foreword by Tony Lainé and bears the subtitle «document». In the catalog it appears classified under Literature and Fiction.

It will appeal to readers of social nonfiction who want to approach testimonies about childhood, marginalization and violence.