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Title	:	Twice Born
Author	:	Margaret Mazzantini
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 464 pages
Published	:	May 12th 2011 by Viking Adult (first published November 25th 2008)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction

Twice Born

Margaret Mazzantini

Hardcover | Pages: 464 pages

Rating: 4.31 | 5288 Users | 498 Reviews

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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.

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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)

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I read the preview somewhere and liked the concept of the story. I got and read the flaps and liked it. I'm a sucker for mother son bonding. I started to read and liked the beginning but by Chapter two I could not continue. It lost interest to me. Probably because the names of places were so foreign to me and it lacked any humour. But I could tell the author was very good with the craft of writing but I need a little more oomph to continue. Hence I had to give it up by Chapter 2 as it became

A haunting, breathtaking drama set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo, this book will stay with me for a long time. I had to keep reminding myself that this was not a memoir, because although translated from Italian and told in a beautiful, although sometimes overly poetical tone it is still very believable. The plot is very well developed and has some unexpected twists that left me almost wanting to reread the whole book to have an even better understanding of the characters. This is

The book would be amazing, if 100 pages in the middle were simply cut off. I almost left it there. Glad I didn't as the last third is extremely powerful. A deep, strong and realistical analysis of the war and siege of Sarajevo and the damage it did to its inhabitants. A pity that the quest of motherhood of Gemma takes the middle of the book. The doctors visits, travels, thoughts, etc. would be more interesting if they were simpler and faster, as it steals all the momentum of the plot and diverts

A great, intriguing book about the vagaries of war - internal and external. It is set in both Italy and Sarajevo (during the war) and involves a young couple who discover that they cannot have children due to the woman's infertility. This sets in motion a very difficult period in their lives that is rooted in the violence of the war riddled streets of Sarajevo. Beautifully written but a long journey! I am almost finished.



The story of a marriage, of a war, of love. But not a love story by any conventional definition of the term. Gemma and Diego are a mismatched Italian couple who meet in Sarajevo and are drawn back to that city even as the siege is beginning. The story moves fluidly through time: the present as Gemma takes her son Pietro to Sarajevo to see the city of his birth, and the past as the full story unfolds. Most than once I almost gave up on the book, as I sensed events unfolding that I didn't want to

This was an incredible book! I won it from Goodreads, and was so glad that I did because this book is just so sophisticated and beautifully written. It is the story of an Italian woman and her Serajevan husband who are unable to conceive due to infertility. The book takes you on their journey through flashbacks detailing their life together, as well as the woman's personal journey years after the war. The book takes place in both Italy and Sarajevo during the war and afterwards.It is fiction,