Fais de beaux rêves, mon enfant

Synopsis of Fais de beaux rêves, mon enfant

«Fais de beaux rêves, mon enfant» is Massimo Gramellini's autobiographical novel, published by Robert Laffont (218 pages, in French).

At nine years old, Massimo Gramellini loses his mother and grows up convinced that she abandoned him. To explain her absence he invents stories; the emotional void persists until a friend of his mother reveals the true circumstances of her death. Grief, guilt, forgiveness and the power of memories articulate this intimate account.

The French edition was published in 2013, with a translation by Irène Imbert Molina, and the work combines the testimonial account with the psychological novel.