The French Suicide

The French Suicide (Le Suicide français) is a 2014 French nonfiction book by Éric Zemmour.^[1][2][3][4] It looks over changes in French politics from the 1970s to the 2010s and their effects on society. It then comes to the conclusion that France as a nation has been severely damaged through those changes.

The book sold more than 5000 copies per day during the first two weeks of its release and reached 32,000 copies sold at the end of the first week and 43,000 at the end of the second. It has been printed twice, with 80,000 copies printed each time. The book beat Valérie Trierweiler's Thank you for this moment in number of copies sold per day. Asked about the success by Ruth Elkrief on BFM TV, Zemmour answered, "I think that the French people, for many years, deep down, are frightened by the path that their country is taking and are wondering, 'Why are we dying, why are we taking our own hand?' These are some expressions we're hearing".^[5]

Some leftist newspapers such as Le Monde, Libération and Le Nouvel Observateur attacked his sovereignist and conservative ideas.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2014, Zemmour was accused of plagiarism.^[6]

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