Returning to Reims (Paperback)

A brilliant little book...a touching memoir of sexual awakening, and a gallery of philosophical ideas and characters - Steven Poole, The Observer

A deeply intelligent and searching book, one that makes you re-consider the narrative of your own life and reframe the story you tell yourself... Didier Eribon understands how deep the roots of inequality go - Hilary Mantel

Returning to Reims played a capital role in my life... I was overwhelmed by this book. I felt I was reading the story of my life. - Edouard Louis

This is a self-excoriating memoir... [Eribon] writes as someone who has scrubbed hard at the markings of destiny - Marina Benjamin, New Statesman

A stunning book -- vital and important - Andrew McMillan

Hypnotic ... a gripping read - Daily Telegraph

Eribon's memoir is fascinating: full of fretful honesty, battling with shame around his background and shame at being ashamed - The Times

Eribon offers up a magnificent example of an enlightened life liberated by theory, written in a style that deftly moves between the intimate, the social and the political - Annie Ernaux

A powerful book and one that I enjoyed immensely - Geoffrey Beattie, Irish Times

This is a beautiful book about suppression, losing touch with your roots, and regaining balance - Art in America

An honest and moving personal narrative that is skilfully threaded through sociological and political analysis. I was captivated from beginning to end - Diane Reay, author of Miseducation: Inequality, Education and the Working Classes

This intensely personal account of Didier Eribon's family is a fascinating and compelling read...The book is beautifully written (and as beautifully translated). It is at once pleasureable and edifying to read - Joan W. Scott

Retour à Reims could be a novel. It has all the allure and attraction of one - Claire Devarrieux, Libération

[a] particular favourite... thinks in this space with nuance and style - Joanna Lee, White Review BOOKS OF THE YEAR