Sleeping children : a novel / Anthony Passeron ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Passeron, Anthony, 1983- author.

Contributor:

Wynne, Frank, translator.

Standardized Title:

Enfants endormis. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Heroin abuse--Fiction.

Heroin abuse.

Viruses--Fiction.

Viruses.

Families--France--Fiction.

Families.

AIDS awareness.

LGBTQ+ characters.

Genre:

Autobiographical fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

201 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026.

Summary:

"It's 1981. As a wave of mysterious infections sweeps across the United States, a doctor in Paris encounters something unexpected: a case of a disease long thought to have been eradicated. It matches what is happening across the Atlantic--and thus begins a race to make sense of a deadly virus, one that will define a generation. Miles away, in rural France, Anthony Passeron's family is dealing with a crisis of their own. Their small village is gripped by another epidemic: heroin addiction. Anthony's uncle Désiré, once the pride of the family, has become one of the "sleeping children." Often found unconscious on street corners, he is now a stranger to his family. As Désiré's life descends into chaos, the thunder of the AIDS crisis grows closer. These two stories--one intimate, one global--are about to collide. Anthony Passeron's moving novel is also an eye-opening story about shame and the slow poisoning that secrets can inflict on a family. Exploring the stories of the heroic few who fought not only for a cure but for justice for an abandoned community, Sleeping Children is a radical vision of a history reshaped, retold, and remembered." --page [4] of cover.

Notes:

"Originally published in French in 2022 by éditions Globe, France, as Les enfants endormis"--Title page verso.

This translation originally published: 2025.

ISBN:

9781250411990

1250411998

OCLC:

1431883375

Publisher Number:

90102109265