by Benjamin Lebert · Editorial Presença · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722326353
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«Crazy - A História de um Jovem» is the novel by Benjamin Lebert, published by Editorial Presença in paperback (152 pages, in Portuguese).
Benjamin, a teenager with partial paralysis on the left side of his body, is sent to a boarding school near Munich after failing at school. There he shares a room with Janosch and joins his group of friends, with whom he experiences nightly escapades and mischief while exploring friendship, identity, and the transition to adulthood.
Portuguese translation by João Bouza da Costa of the original «Crazy» (1999); this edition was published in April 2000 and belongs to the Grandes Narrativas collection, no. 109.
Recommended for young and adult readers looking for coming-of-age stories about friendship, identity, and life at a boarding school.
Benjamin Lebert is a German writer. He was born in Freiburg. His first novel, Crazy, was published when Lebert was only 16 years old. The international bestseller about a handicapped teenage rebel has been licensed to 33 nations and was made into a feature film by Hans-Christian Schmid, and has drawn comparisons to J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. In 2003, Lebert published a second novel, Der Vogel ist ein Rabe.
