{"product_id":"9781631496622","title":"Arturo's Island: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Astonishing for the quality of the writing . . . the complexity of the invented world, the wide- ranging view of the human condition.”— Elena Ferrante\u003c\/strong\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","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056893116656,"sku":"9781631496622","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781631496622_p0.jpg?v=1763672329","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781631496622","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}