The writer's first work for ten years, on themes linked to the events of September 11: America, Italy, Europe, Islam and ourselves, interspersed with personal memoirs.
Oriana Fallaci Book order
June 29, 1929 – September 15, 2006
Oriana Fallaci was a journalist and novelist renowned for her fearless approach to war correspondence and political interviews. Her writings often delve into raw reality, exploring themes of war, politics, and the human struggle. Fallaci was known for her individualistic perspective, which at times unsettled feminists, alongside her idolization of heroic manhood. Her literary style is considered groundbreaking, shattering the conventional boundaries of interviewing and reporting.
- 2002
- 1980
"What's the point anyway — Of suffering, dying? It teaches us to live, boy. A man who does not struggle does not live, he survives." (quote from the book)The book is a pseudo-biography about Alexandros Panagoulis written in the form of a novel. Fallaci had an intense romantic relationship with Panagoulis. She uses the novel to put forth her view that Panagoulis was assassinated by a vast conspiracy, a view widely shared by many Greeks.
- 1976
Published by Rizzoli in 1975, Letter to a Child Never Born was quickly translated and sold in twenty-seven countries, becoming an extraordinary world 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?
- 1976
Interview with history
- 376 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Probing interviews with fourteen contemporary political leaders, including Kissinger, Meir, Arafat, Indira Gandhi, and the Shah of Iran, reveal their personal attitudes and propensities and survey the workings of the leader in history
