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Title	:	Letter to a Child Never Born
Author	:	Oriana Fallaci
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 128 pages
Published	:	September 1st 1982 by Pocket (first published 1975)
Categories	:	Fiction. Novels. European Literature. Italian Literature. Feminism. Cultural. Italy

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Published by Rizzoli in 1975, Letter to a Child Never Born was quickly translated and sold in twenty-seven countries worldwide, becoming an extraordinary success. It is the tragic monologue of a woman speaking with the child she carries in her womb. This letter confronts the burning theme of abortion, and the meaning of life, by asking difficult questions: Is it fair to impose life even if it means suffering? Would it be better not to be born at all? Letter to a Child Never Born touches on the real meaning of being a woman: the power to give life or not. When the book begins, the protagonist is upset after learning she is pregnant. She knows nothing about the child, except that this creature depends totally and uniquely on her own choices. The creation of another person directly within one’s own body is a very shocking thing. The sense of responsibility is huge; it is a heavy burden that gives life to endless reflections, from the origin of our existence to the shame of our selfishness. If the child could choose, would he prefer to be born, to grow up, and to suffer, or would he return to the joyful limbo from which he came? A woman’s freedom and individuality are also challenged by a newborn—should she renounce her freedom, her job, and her choice? What should she do at this point?

Mention Books To Letter to a Child Never Born

Original Title:	Lettera a un bambino mai nato
ISBN:	0671451626 (ISBN13: 9780671451622)
Edition Language:	English

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This is a slim volume, barely 100 pages, but it is very dense. It is delivered in second person, as a monologue a letter to her unborn child that feels very intimate. This is a feminist manifesto of a single woman expecting a child in the Catholic, conservative, man-dominated Italy of the seventies. In the legends that males have invented to explain life, the first human creature is a man named Adam. Eve arrives later, to give him pleasure and cause trouble. In the paintings that adorn

Life is such an effort, Child. Its a war that is renewed each day, and its moments of joy are brief parentheses for which you pay a cruel price. How can I know that it wouldnt be better to throw you away? How can I tell that you wouldnt rather be returned to the silence? You cannot speak to me; your drop of life is only a cluster of cells that has scarcely begun. Perhaps its not even life, only mere possibility of life, I wish that you could help me with even a nod, a slight sign.Semplicemente

it was so atractive & was very feminine too!may be more women s like it!

Its a fantastic book 🌹

As a woman, you always wonder if you ever want to have a child? She has portrayed the struggles of every woman who is trying to answer this question very well. Do I really want to bring another person to this messed up world? Do I really want to give up my freedom and dedicate my life to raising up a child? Even if I want to have a kid in my life, why should I go through all the pains of pregnancy? Isn't adoption a better and more selfless option? Or is the joy of becoming a mother enough to

I highly recommend this book, I loved it. It is about abortion, love and family written in a completely honest and disarming way. The writer finds out to be pregnant and she's writing a never ending letter to her child warning him/her about the unfairness of the world. It is a short and beautiful read and it brings a different and genuine point of view. I personally think it doesn't exist an enough when talking about these subjects, even though they result a lot more difficult than other ones.

I will never know what it feels like to be expecting (at least not in this lifetime if you believe in reincarnation). Nor will I ever know what goes through the mind of a woman facing a pregnancy for which she is totally unprepared. Thanks though to Oriana Fallaci's 'Letter to a Child Never Born', I have been given a glimpse into how at least one woman 'might' feel in such a situation.This 'novel' (I have no idea if it reflects her own thinking or experiences) despite being so short, runs the