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Born Twice : a Novel of Fatherhood by Giuseppe Pontiggia is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"The first major book by one of Italy's most distinguished novelists to appear in America - an award-winning fictional memoir of a man's transfiguring experiences raising a son whose disabilities were caused at birth by the carelessness of a single doctor.". "After thirty years of visits to specialists, Professor Frigerio - the articulate, unsentimental, powerfully expressive narrator - remembers what one doctor told him only months after his son Paolo was born: "These children are born twice. Their second birth depends on you, on what you are able to give to them. But in the end you too will be reborn." And as he recounts this journey - his tone ranging from lyrical to angry, humorous to philosophical - we are witness to the emotional and intellectual vicissitudes he has faced: from his guilt at having had an affair during his wife's pregnancy to his son's endless medical struggles to his moments of denial and rage as he navigates a world full of obstacles, cruelty, and indifference. But at the heart of this story is Paolo, an extraordinary child we witness grow up to become a teenager who teaches his parents a thing or two while coping exceptionally well with all the questions, c

Who reads Born Twice : a Novel of Fatherhood?

Author

Giuseppe Pontiggia

Publisher

New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375413100

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.9 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14