{"product_id":"woman-of-rome-a-life-of-elsa-morante-9780061472596","title":"Woman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first biography in any language of one of the most celebrated Italian writers of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1912 to an unconventional family of modest means, Elsa Morante grew up with an independent spirit, a formidable will, and an unshakable commitment to writing. Forced to hide from the Fascists during World War II in a remote mountain hut with her husband, renowned author Alberto Moravia, she re-emerged at war's end to take her place among the premier Italian writers of her day. When Rome was film capital of the world, she counted Pasolini, Visconti, and the young Bertolucci among her circle of friends. She was charismatic, beautiful, and fiercely intelligent; her marriage, a passionate union of literary giants, captivated a nation; her love affairs were intense and often tragic. And until now few Americans have known of this remarkable woman and her powerful, original talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTuck, Lily:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBorn in Paris, LILY TUCK is the author of four previous novels: \u003cem\u003eInterviewing Matisse, or the Woman Who Died Standing Up\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Woman Who Walked on Water\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSiam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man\u003c\/em\u003e, which was nominated for the 2000 PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction; and \u003cem\u003eThe News from Paraguay\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of theNational Book Award. She is also the author of the biography \u003cem\u003eWoman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante\u003c\/em\u003e. Her short stories have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e and are collected in \u003cem\u003eLimbo and Other Places I Have Lived\u003c\/em\u003e. Lily Tuck divides her time between Maine and New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543364112658,"sku":"9780061472596","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_244f3d89-4ba2-493c-acfc-3f6976cb62ed.jpg?v=1731507393","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/woman-of-rome-a-life-of-elsa-morante-9780061472596","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}