Arturo's Island A Novel |
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| Author:
| Morante, Elsa |
| Translator:
| Quigley, Isabel |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58642-041-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2004 |
| Publisher: | Steerforth Press
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| Imprint: | Steerforth Italia |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
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On a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea lives an,innocent boy, Arturo, whose mother is dead and,father is away. Black-clad women care for himgiving him the freedom to come and go as he,pleases, but then his father returns with a new,wife, Nunziata, who is barely older than Arturo.,At first hatred and contempt are all the boy feels,for his new stepmother, but as time passes Arturo,and Nunziata recreate the tragedy and passion that,are as old as the history of men and women.
On a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea lives an,innocent boy, Arturo, whose mother is dead and,father is away. Black-clad women care for himgiving him the freedom to come and go as he,pleases, but then his father returns with a new,wife, Nunziata, who is barely older than Arturo.,At first hatred and contempt are all the boy feels,for his new stepmother, but as time passes Arturo,and Nunziata recreate the tragedy and passion that,are as old as the history of men and women.