Me and You - Couverture souple

Ammaniti, Niccolo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802170900 ISBN 13 : 9780802170903

Editeur : Black Cat, 2012

Synopsis

Me and You From internationally best-selling author Niccolo Ammaniti, comes a funny, tragic, gut-punch of a novel, charting how an unlikely alliance between two outsiders blows open one family's secrets. Lorenzo Cumi is a fourteen-year-old misfit. To quell the anxiety of his concerned, socially conscious parents, he tells them he's been invited on an exclusive ski vacation with the popular kids. On the morn Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'The new Italian word for talent is Ammaniti' --The Times

'A fearsomely gifted writer' --Independent

'A master storyteller' --Guardian

'The story of a young boy who's heading towards adulthood. This book amazed me' --Bernardo Bertolucci

'Exuberant and audacious' -- Observer

'An original, thought-provoking and well-written piece of fiction... Ammaniti takes us on a remarkable voyage through the fear of future responsibility which awaits young people on the brink of adulthood and laces it with all the irony, self-criticism and self-indulgence familiar to that age-group. This is a powerful novel, which asks us to consider the relationships we have with our own siblings and the memories of our own adolescence' -- Emilia Ippolito, The Independent

'Near perfect [...] this small gem of storytelling has the balance just about right' --Scotland on Sunday

Présentation de l'éditeur

Lorenzo Cuni is a fourteen-year-old loner. His wealthy parents think he is away on a school skiing trip, but, in fact, he has stowed himself away in a rarely visited cellar of his parents’ house. Surrounded by video games and tinned food, he is perfectly content in his isolation. Then he gets an unexpected visit from his estranged half-sister, Olivia.

Olivia is in her twenties, she’s addicted to heroin, and she needs Lorenzo’s help. Against his better judgment, Lorenzo lets her stay. Over the next week, they form an intense bond. This brief encounter will change the course of both of their lives.

From the acclaimed author of I’m Not Scared, this is a compulsive exploration of what families keep behind locked doors.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Black Cat
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802170900
• ISBN 13: 9780802170903
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 153
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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