This international bestseller--soon to be a major motion picture starring Penelope Cruz and Emile Hirsch
Filled with memories of the four-year siege of Sarajevo, Gemma reluctantly boards a flight from her native Rome to that war-scarred city with her sixteen-year-old son, Pietro. She hopes to t[...]

Gemma hasn't been back to Sarajevo in sixteen years. She returns to teach her son Pietro about the city of his birth and the father he never knew. But the visit brings with it impassioned memories of her love affair with Pietro's father, their determination to have a child whatever the cost, and the[...]

"Pensava soltanto a quello. Riportare la sua vita a quel punto. Nel punto dove si era interrotta. Si trattava di unire due lembi di terra, due lembi di tempo. In mezzo c'era il mare. Si metteva i fichi aperti sugli occhi per ricordarsi quel sapore di dolce e di grumi. Vedeva rosso attraverso quei se[...]