Date 15 February 2017
Pages 160
Format cm 22 x 30
Price € 19.50
EAN 9782344012697
Publisher Website www.glenat.com

The Parrot

Publisher Glénat
Poignant autofiction about a parent's mental illness.

Bastien is 8 and his mother is ill. She often has "attacks." According to the doctors, she suffers from "bipolar schizoaffective disorder." That's why she must regularly be taken to the hospital and specialized establishments for medication. Bastien doesn't love that, for when she comes back, she's an unresponsive blank. Drawing on his own life, Espé delivers a tale as personal as it is universal, about a child lost in a reality where imagination is his only refuge. In his eyes, we see nothing but pain and incomprehension over his mother's condition.

  • Sales in France 4,300 copies
  • Rights Sold English (world)
  • Awards Prix Paroles de patients 2017
  • As of: April 2024