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| Original Title: | Venuto al mondo |
| ISBN: | 0670022683 (ISBN13: 9780670022687) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Premio Campiello (2009), Premio Alassio Centolibri - Un autore per l'Europa (2009) |
Margaret Mazzantini
Hardcover | Pages: 464 pages Rating: 4.31 | 5288 Users | 498 Reviews
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| Title | : | Twice Born |
| Author | : | Margaret Mazzantini |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 464 pages |
| Published | : | May 12th 2011 by Viking Adult (first published November 25th 2008) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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This international bestseller is a sweeping portrait of motherhood, loss, and redemption in war-torn Sarajevo.
Filled with memories of the four-year siege of Sarajevo, Gemma reluctantly boards a flight from her native Rome to that war-scarred city with her sixteen-year-old son, Pietro. She hopes to teach her son about the city of his birth and about Diego, the father he never knew. Once there Gemma is caught between the present and the past, reliving her love affair with Diego, their determination to start a family, and their deep connection to Sarajevo even as the threat of war loomed.
In this haunting and sophisticated novel, Mazzantini masterfully probes the startling emotional territory of what makes a family-particularly what makes a mother. As the fate of Sarajevo converges with Gemma's all-consuming desire to have a child we see how far she is driven, in a stunning revelation that is both heartbreaking and cathartic.
Brought to life by an unforgettable cast of characters, Twice Born is a tale of the acts of brutality and generosity that war can inspire. A blockbuster bestseller in Mazzantini's native Italy, it has taken Europe by storm and will soon be published around the world.
Filled with memories of the four-year siege of Sarajevo, Gemma reluctantly boards a flight from her native Rome to that war-scarred city with her sixteen-year-old son, Pietro. She hopes to teach her son about the city of his birth and about Diego, the father he never knew. Once there Gemma is caught between the present and the past, reliving her love affair with Diego, their determination to start a family, and their deep connection to Sarajevo even as the threat of war loomed.
In this haunting and sophisticated novel, Mazzantini masterfully probes the startling emotional territory of what makes a family-particularly what makes a mother. As the fate of Sarajevo converges with Gemma's all-consuming desire to have a child we see how far she is driven, in a stunning revelation that is both heartbreaking and cathartic.
Brought to life by an unforgettable cast of characters, Twice Born is a tale of the acts of brutality and generosity that war can inspire. A blockbuster bestseller in Mazzantini's native Italy, it has taken Europe by storm and will soon be published around the world.
Rating Of Books Twice Born
Ratings: 4.31 From 5288 Users | 498 ReviewsAssess Of Books Twice Born
2,5 stars.Well.This book was assigned to me by my brother for our two-person book club, and it's taken me quite a while to get through it. He advised me ahead of time that I would probably "either love it or hate it," but I fell a little short of that. I don't think I'd say I enjoyed it, but it had some interesting parts and the last 1/8 of the book made the rest of it more interesting - like watching the last half hour of The Shawshank Redemption.The basic concept of the book - of Gemma and her son
Wonderful story told in such an affected and studied style...
I just told the plot of this novel out loud to my husband. And he listened. It leaves me with my heart pounding and a little bit broken. It takes turns I didn't always see coming. And it shows more clearly pictures of the Balkan war than the ones I saw with my own eyes on television and in the newspapers. (Isn't it often that way?)I'm wavering between 4 and 5 stars for it because some sections were a bit long-winded but in hindsight, what could be edited?You can talk about war. Or it can happen
I expected to enjoy this book as much as I enjoyed "Don't Move" by the same author, but my anticipation has been deceived. Mrs. Mazzantini elaborates too much on little unnecessary details that in my opinion distract the reader's attention from the incomplete characters she has created. The narrator is too pathetic, I could barely stand her. The writing style is too chaotic, the story line too predictable. This is one of those rare occasions where I liked the movie better than the book just
Glad I finally made it through this, as I was struggling at times but it was worth it in the end.The vocabulary was pretty rich for my level of Italian, which may have put me off a little, but I also felt it was too long and rambling. Mazzantini also likes to hit you over the head with metaphors (in a story about fertility the egg imagery was a bit much) and the Ivo Andrić story about the goat and the wolf is leaned on pretty heavily.However the story is involving and finally moving, and even if
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