{"product_id":"arturos-island-9781631496622","title":"Arturo's Island","description":"\u003cp\u003eElsa Morante's novels were once considered the greatest of Italy's postwar generation. Here, Ann Goldstein's \"deft translation\" (Madeline Schwartz, \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e) of \u003cem\u003eArturo's Island\u003c\/em\u003e heralds a \"second life\" for the beloved author, finally garnering Morante \"the new readers she deserves\" (Lily Tuck, \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e). Imbued with a spectral grace, the novel follows the adolescent Arturo through his days on the isolated Neapolitan island of Procida, where--his mother long deceased, his father often absent, and a dog as his sole companion--he roams the countryside or reads in his family's lonely, dilapidated mansion. This quiet, meandering boyhood existence is existentially upended when his father brings home a beautiful sixteen- year- old bride, Nunziatella. A novel of thwarted desires, written with \"the power of malediction\" (Dwight Garner, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e), Arturo's Island reemerges to take its rightful place in the world literary canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMorante, Elsa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eElsa Morante\u003c\/strong\u003e (1912- 1985) was a prize-winning Italian novelist and poet. Born in Rome, Morante was married to Albert Moravia.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoldstein, Ann:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAnn Goldstein\u003c\/strong\u003e, the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Works of Primo Levi\u003c\/em\u003e and the award-winning translator of Elena Ferrante's novels, is a former editor at \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726707560722,"sku":"9781631496622","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b04c6aee-823e-40e8-ae87-add376cf289b.jpg?v=1734879940","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/arturos-island-9781631496622","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}