{"product_id":"arturos-island-paperback","title":"Arturo's Island - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElsa Morante\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnn Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700871204927,"sku":"9781631496622","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f5f7a5522eaf5a5aedbc0f7b6b59bc94.webp?v=1765018477","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/arturos-island-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}