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Me and You

Me and You

by NiccoloAmmaniti (Author), KyleeDoust (Translator)

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    Paperback 2012

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Synopsis

Lorenzo Cuni is a fourteen-year-old loner. His wealthy parents think he is away on a school skiiing trip, but in fact he has stowed away in a forgotten cellar. He plans to live in perfect isolation, for a week, keeping the adult world at bay. Then a visit from his estranged half-sister, Olivia, changes everything.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 160
 Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 02 Feb 2012
ISBN 10: 0857861972
ISBN 13: 9780857861979
Book Overview: Room meets Stand By Me, in a thrilling tale of the loss of innocence

Media Reviews
Exuberant and audacious. * * Observer * *
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
Near perfect [...] this small gem of storytelling has the balance just about right. * * Scotland on Sunday * *
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 * *
Ammaniti's matter-of-fact, unadorned prose captures Lorenzo's angst-ridden, incomprehending world-view with a confident clarity, and as resolution back in the present day beckons, he plots the course of their filial relationship with a deft, understated skill -- Bram E Gieben * * The Skinny * *
Me and You is a slim volume which takes only a couple of hours to read. But thanks to the skilfully presented Lorenzo and the poignant reconciliation of the boy with his half-sister, it lingers in the memory for much, much longer -- Alastair Mabbott * * The Herald * *
Author Bio
Niccolo Ammaniti was born in Rome in 1966. He has written three novels and a collection of short stories. His first novel, Steal You Away, was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. He won the prestigious Italian Viareggio-Repaci Prize for Fiction with his bestselling novel I'm Not Scared, which has been translated into thirty-five languages. The Crossroads received the Premio Strega in 2007. Kylee Doust studied Italian literature and linguistics at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She has lived in Italy since 1998.