Arturo's Island
Morante, Elsa
First UK. Carcanet, Manchester, 1988. Translated by Isabel Quigly. Hardcover. Binding and dust jacket with no noticeable faults, but the slightest shelfwear.
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Why it's in the Cabin
The first UK edition of an Italian classic coming of age, rich and evocative.
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Elsa Morante
Morante, of Jewish heritage, wrote most of her work during the war and in its aftermath. In a generation of neorealists, like Tim Parks says for the LRB, she was a committed fantasist who prioritised imagination as means to portray the struggles and myths of her time. Also, she translated Katherine Mansfield!