Letter to a Child Never Born (Italian: Lettera a un bambino mai nato, 1975) is a novel by Italian author and journalist Oriana Fallaci. It is written as a letter by a young professional woman (presumably Fallaci herself) to the fetus she carries in utero; it details the woman's struggle to choose between a career she loves and an unexpected pregnancy, explaining how life works with examples of her childhood, and warning him/her about the unfairness of the world. The English translation was first published in 1976.[1]
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Author | Oriana Fallaci |
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Original title | Lettera a un bambino mai nato |
Translator | John Shepley |
Language | Italian |
Publisher | Rizzoli (Italy) Simon and Schuster (US) Arlington Books (UK) |
Publication date | 1975 (Italian) |
Publication place | Italy |
Published in English | 1976 (English) |
Media type | Print (Book) |
Pages | 114 |
ISBN | 0-671-22374-7 |
OCLC | 2493634 |
858/.9/1407 | |
LC Class | PZ4.F192 Le PQ4866.A4 |
The book sold four million copies worldwide.
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