Me and You

Niccolo Ammaniti

Jan 2012 · Text Publishing

About this ebook

Niccolo Ammaniti, the author of the hugely popular I'm Not Scared, has been described as 'the best novelist of his generation'. With this breathtaking novel, he has produced a small masterpiece.

Lorenzo has a few issues. They include the fact that he doesn't have, or want, any friends. Because this is making his parents unhappy, he tells them he has been invited on a skiing holiday with a group from school. In fact, he is planning to spend the week happily ensconced in the cellar of their apartment building with a supply of canned tuna.

Then his estranged older sister Olivia turns up in the cellar with some issues of her own. Over the next few days, as Lorenzo helps her through her heroin withdrawal, they form an intense bond. And Olivia reveals some secrets that the family have kept from Lorenzo.

'Niccolo Ammaniti is able to present both the innocence and egotism of children and the dark, threatening worlds they may inhabit in a convincing and gripping way...The novel is simply written but thematically rich.' ReadPlus

About the author

Niccoló Ammaniti was born in Rome in 1966. Steal You Away is his third novel and he has also published a collection of short stories. At thirty-four, he was the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Viareggio-Repaci prize. His novel, I’m Not Scared, an international bestseller, is currently taught in Australian schools, and the film adaptation directed by Gabriele Salvatores was released in 2004.