Lies and Sorcery

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.

• Autor: Elsa Morante
• Wydawnictwo Penguin Books
• Ilość stron: 776
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Rok wydania: 2025
• Stan: nowy, pełnowartościowy produkt
• Model: 9780241711194
• ISBN: 9780241711194
• EAN: 9780241711194
• Język: angielski
• Wymiary: 13.0x21.0x4.2 cm