The emperor, c'est moi
By: Hugo Horiot ; translated by Linda Coverdale ; afterword by Françoise Lefèvre
Contributors: Coverdale, Linda, translator; Lefèvre, Françoise, 1942- writer of postface
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781609806125
Subjects: Asperger's syndrome in children; Autistic children; Patients; Biography
Work titles: Empereur, c'est moi
Description: "Horiot offers not only a literary and startling testimony of autism, but also a striking portrayal of the human condition. Hugo Horiot was an angry autistic child with Asperger syndrome who refused to speak for the first years of his life and only escaped institutionalization because his mother decided, controversially, to educate and care for him herself. Today, the storm of autism has passed and Hugo has become a peaceful and highly functioning adult. In this book, he now returns to his childhood, to his experiences--his tantrums, obsessions, furies, and --to give a voice to a child who had cut himself off from the world. This is a true story, a literary and startling testimony of autism and of the human condition: the self-portrait of a furious child waging a war, against himself, against those around him."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Originally published in French as: L'empereur, c'est moi. Paris : L'Iconoclaste, 2013.