Me and You - by Niccolò Ammaniti (Paperback)

About the Book

Room meets Stand By Me, in a thrilling tale of the loss of innocence

Book Synopsis

EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY, SOMETIMES . . .

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 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.

Review Quotes

A fearsomely gifted writer.-- "Independent"

A master storyteller.-- "Guardian"

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"

Exuberant and audacious.-- "Observer"

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"

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

The new Italian word for talent is Ammaniti.-- "The Times"

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

About the Author

Niccol� Ammaniti was born in Rome in 1966. He is the author of six novels translated into English and two short story collections. Several of his novels have been adapted for film, including Steal You Away, which was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, The Crossroads, winner of the Premio Strega Prize 2007, and the international bestseller I'm Not Scared, which won the prestigious Italian Viareggio-Repaci Prize for Fiction and has been translated into thirty-five languages. He lives in Rome, Italy.

Kylee Doust studied Italian literature and linguistics at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She has lived in Italy since 1998.