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'Despite the tracksuits, we have brains': The French youth staging literary battles in housing projects
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'Despite the tracksuits, we have brains': The French youth staging literary battles in housing projects

Le Monde (English) · Jun 21, 2026, 2:04 PM

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The 'projects book club' has become a sensation on social media. By pitting Zola against Flaubert and Adam Smith against Karl Marx with humor, 'Geronimo' and his friends aim to bring writers and sociologists to new audiences.

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