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Arturo's Island

Elsa Morante
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Alberto Moravia
Ann Goldstein
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childhood in fiction
coming of age
concealed homosexuality
Elena Ferrante
Elena Ferrante influence
Elsa Morante
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Fans of Ferrante
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Ischia
Italian classic
Italian island
italian translation
Italo Calvino
jealousy
love triangle
Naples fiction
Natalia Ginzburg
Neapolitan novels
novels about childhood
recommended by Elena Ferrante
stepmother
Strega prize
unhappy family

Product details

  • ISBN 9781805331971
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Aug 2025
  • Publisher: Pushkin Press
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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'Unsurpassable' Elena Ferrante

'Timeless' John Banville

Young Arturo grows up in isolated freedom on an island in the Bay of Naples, roaming the hills with his dog, sailing and reading tales of mythical heroes.

This idyll is shattered when his father returns home with a new wife, Nunziata. Barely older than Arturo, one of the only women he has ever met, she awakens his fierce longing for tenderness, a longing which draws the family towards a painful reckoning in this powerful story of disillusionment and desire.

Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.

Translated by Ann Goldstein.

Elsa Morante (1912-1985) was an Italian novelist, short-story writer and poet. Born and raised in Rome, she started writing at a young age, initially publishing short stories in children's journals. Married to the writer Alberto Moravia, she spent much of the Second World War in hiding with him, both having much to fear from the Fascists due to their Jewish heritage and the social and sexual themes explored in their writing. Her first novel, House of Liars, was published in 1948 and won the Viareggio Prize. Arturo's Island, published in 1957, made her the first woman to win the Strega Prize, and in 1974 her novel History became a record-breaking bestseller and confirmed her reputation as one of the most important writers of twentieth-century Italy.

Ann Goldstein is a former New Yorker editor and has won prizes and accolades for her translations of Primo Levi and Elena Ferrante.
About Elsa Morante
Elsa Morante (1912-1985) was an Italian novelist, short-story writer and poet. Born and raised in Rome, she started writing at a young age, initially publishing short stories in children's journals. Married to the writer Alberto Moravia, she spent much of the Second World War in hiding with him, both having much to fear from the Fascists due to their Jewish heritage and the social and sexual themes explored in their writing. Her first novel, House of Liars, was published in 1948 and won the Viareggio Prize. Arturo's Island, published in 1957, made her the first woman to win the Strega Prize, and in 1974 her novel History became a record-breaking bestseller and confirmed her reputation as one of the most important writers of twentieth-century Italy. Ann Goldstein is a former New Yorker editor and has won prizes and accolades for her translations of Primo Levi and Elena Ferrante.

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