Présentation de l'éditeur
In the wake of her sister's death, Isabelle moves from her home in California to her birthplace in Mexico to take over the running of the family tuna company. There, she discovers a wild child - a thing with no name, who turns out to be the autistic niece she never knew she had.
So she sets herself the task of turning it into a human being - a human being named Karen. To start, she tries to get her to say her first word: 'Me'.
And then begins the greatest journey of all, as Karen learns how to become 'Me'. It is a voyage of discovery that will take her to the bottom of the ocean, and into the heart of the world.
Revue de presse
'Gifted Mexican playwright and novelist Sabina Berman's 'Me' has won my heart, and will yours. [She] offers her readers an unforgettable glimpse of the delights, the comedy and the heartbreak each of us ultimately experiences as we dive into the heart of the tenuous, ever-changing world' Laura Esquivel, author of Like Water for Chocolate
'This exhilarating debut novel by Sabina Berman . . . glows with its very own enticing charm and assurance' Observer
Quatrième de couverture
Meet Me…
Following the tragedy of her sister's death, Isabelle moves from her home in California to her birthplace in Mexico to take over the running of the family business. There, in her sister's dilapidated house, she is woken in the night by a wild child - a thing with no name, who could just be the niece she never knew she had.
So she sets herself the task of turning it into a human being - a human being named Karen.
To start, she must teach Karen her first word:
'Me'
And then begins the greatest journey of all, as Karen learns how to become 'Me'. It is a voyage of discovery that explores how we live, what we eat and whom we love. It will take her to the bottom of the ocean, to the farthest reaches of the planet …and into the heart of the world.
'Sabina Berman's 'Me' has won my heart, and will yours. [She] offers her readers an unforgettable glimpse of the delights, the comedy and the heartbreak each of us ultimately experiences as we dive into the heart of the tenuous, ever-changing world'
Laura Esquivel, author of Like Water for Chocolate
Biographie de l'auteur
Sabina Berman lives in Mexico and is a highly acclaimed playwright and screenwriter. This is her first novel.
