by Ned Vizzini · Disney Hyperion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780786851973
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«It's Kind of a Funny Story» is the young adult novel by Ned Vizzini, published by Disney Hyperion in paperback (464 pages, in English).
Craig Gilner, a New York teenager obsessed with success, suffers a crisis stemming from academic pressure that lands him in a psychiatric hospital. There, among peculiar patients, he confronts his anxieties and rediscovers life. An honest and humorous story about adolescent mental health, based on the author's experience.
Finalist for the Lincoln Award in 2009 and winner of the Goldener Lufti prize in 2008. The work was originally published in 2006; this edition dates from 2007.
Aimed at a young adult audience; the indicated reading age is 12 to 17 years.
Edison Price Vizzini was an American writer. He was the author of four books for young adults, including It's Kind of a Funny Story (2006), which NPR placed at #56 in its list of the "100 Best-Ever Teen Novels" and which is the basis of the film of the same name.
