Running out
Lies and Sorcery. Elsa Morante

Lies and Sorcery. Elsa Morante

Availability: In Stock
Author: Elsa Morante
Publisher: Penguin
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
ISBN: 9780241711194
Pages: 800
Cover: Paperback
Weight: 1.00kg
Dimensions: 22cm X 14cm X 4cm
Language English
  • 1,140.00 грн


'I loved it and it had been a long time since I had read anything that gave me such life and joy' Natalia Ginzburg

The first unabridged English translation of the electrifying novel of secrets and delusions, from one of the greatest Italian writers of the twentieth century.

Elisa – orphaned as a child, raised by a ‘fallen woman’, fed by fairy tales – has lived in an outlandish imaginary world for years. When her guardian dies, she feels compelled to confront her family’s tortured and dramatic past, weaving the tale of her mother and grandmother through a history of intrigue, treachery, deception and desire. But as her saga of three generations of Sicilian women proceeds, it becomes something else entirely, taking in a whole legacy of oppression and injustice. By turns flamboyant and intense, raging and funny, Lies and Sorcery is a celebration of the female imagination, and the power of storytelling itself.

First published in 1948, Elsa Morante’s debut novel won the Viareggio Prize and earned her the lasting admiration of generations of writers from Italo Calvino and Natalia Ginzburg to Elena Ferrante. Translated by Jenny McPhee

Language English

Write a review

Please login or register to review
+380975745757
+380975745757
+380975745757
info@artalbums.com.ua