by Margaret Mazzantini · LUMEN · tapa dura · ISBN 9788426417367
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«La palabra más hermosa» is the romantic and historical novel by Margaret Mazzantini, published by Lumen in hardback (528 pages, in Spanish).
Gemma returns to Sarajevo with her son Pietro to confront a past full of wounds. There lives Gojko, an old friend and Bosnian poet; with him, the memory of 1984 resurfaces, when she met Diego, a photographer who changed her life. In a city marked by war, mother and son face the silences of a love story.
Narrativa collection, no. 19113. Originally published in Italian as «Venuto al mondo» in 2008; translated by Roberto Falco Miramontes.
For those seeking romantic and historical fiction with a wartime backdrop and the memory of the Bosnian war.
Margaret Mazzantini is an Italian-Irish writer and actress. She became a film, television and stage actor, but is best known as a writer. Mazzantini began her acting career in 1980, starring in the cult horror classic Antropophagus. She has also appeared on television and in the theatre. As a successful writer, her novels include Non ti muovere, which was adapted into the namesake film and is directed by her husband Sergio Castellitto and stars Penélope Cruz. Her career as a writer and actress has earned her several awards and nominations, including Campiello Awards, a Golden Ticket Award, and a Goya Award.
