Letter to a Child Never Born

Letter to a Child Never Born (Italian: Lettera a un bambino mai nato, 1975) is a novel by Italian author and journalist Oriana Fallaci. It is written as a letter by a young professional woman (presumably Fallaci herself) to the fetus she carries in utero; it details the woman's struggle to choose between a career she loves and an unexpected pregnancy, explaining how life works with examples of her childhood, and warning him/her about the unfairness of the world. The English translation was first published in 1976.[1]

Letter to a Child Never Born
First US edition
AuthorOriana Fallaci
Original titleLettera a un bambino mai nato
TranslatorJohn Shepley
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
PublisherRizzoli (Italy)
Simon and Schuster (US)
Arlington Books (UK)
Publication date
1975 (Italian)
Published in English
1976 (English)
Media typePrint (Book)
Pages114
ISBN0-671-22374-7
OCLC2493634
858/.9/1407
LC ClassPZ4.F192 Le PQ4866.A4

The book sold four million copies worldwide.

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