Sweet Dreams, Little One, Massimo Gramellini, Irène Molina

Massimo can't get over the loss of his mother, who died of a heart attack when he was nine. Every hardship in life rekindles his anxieties and his feeling of abandonment, under the malevolent gaze of "Belphégor", his inner double.
With an uncompromising and unsentimental look at his life, Massimo Gramellini tells us about his chaotic journey from childhood to his rebirth thanks to love and the revelation of a secret... The book won the Elsa Morante Prize and sold a million copies in a few weeks in Italy.

"One of the book's charms lies in the personality of the hero, in his raw and imaginative sensitivity." Le Figaro littéraire
"Tender, poignant and funny, this autobiographical novel is devoured." Point de vue
"Subtle and moving." Glamour

Sweet Dreams, My Child is reissued today to coincide with the release of its film adaptation. The film, directed by Marco Bellocchio, starring Bérénice Bejo in one of the main roles, was critically acclaimed at its opening screening at the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival 2016.