Born twice / by Giuseppe Pontiggia ; translated from the Italian by Oonagh Stransky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pontiggia, Giuseppe, 1934-2003.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Stransky, Oonagh.

Standardized Title:

Nati due volte. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Fatherhood--Fiction.

Fatherhood.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

191 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Vintage International edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage International, Vintage Books, 2003.

Summary:

When a breach birth leaves Paulo severely disabled, his father, the articulate, unsentimental Professor Frigerio, struggles to come to terms with his son's condition. Face to face with his own limitations, Frigerio confronts the strange way society around him handles Paolo's handicaps and observes his surprising gifts. In spare, deeply affecting episodes, the professor of language explores the nuanced boundaries between "normal" and "disabled" worlds. A remarkable memoir of fathering, winner of the 2001 Strega Prize, Italy's most prestigious literary honor," Born Twice" is noted Italian author Guiseppe Pontiggia's American debut. Sometimes meditative, often humorous, and always probing, Pontiggia's haunting characters linger and resound long after the book is done.

Notes:

Subtitle on cover: A novel of fatherhood.

ISBN:

037572768X

9780375727689

OCLC:

53848267

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