Nedvizzini Stories

"It's terrific: funny, incisive, disarming." NEW YORK MAGAZINE "Insightful and utterly authentic . . . this is an important book." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Ambitious New York City teenager Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life - which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job. But once Craig aces his way into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School, the pressure becomes unbearable. He stops eating and sleeping until, one night, he nearly kills himself. Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety. Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness. "Funny . . . [Vizzini] supplies personal insights and a clever, self-depreciating tone that make the book an entertaining read." THE WASHINGTON POST "A book about depression that's not the least bit depressing." TEEN VOGUE

"Un joven neoyorquino se encuentra en una situación de encrucijada, en ese espacio único de ciudad de Nueva York, el puente de Brooklyn. No sabe qué hacer con su vida y pensamientos suicidas atraviesan su mente, hasta un grado tal que se llena de miedo ante el asalto de semejante locura y, en un arranque de cordura, decide hacer algo completamente absurdo: pedir ayuda al sistema social de salud, hasta que éste, reluctantemente, lo acepta como un paciente que necesita ser internado en un sanatorio público."