{"product_id":"lies-and-sorcery-elsa-morante-paperback","title":"Lies and Sorcery -- Elsa Morante, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAn Italian master's magnum opus about three generations of women, now in the first-ever unabridged English translation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2024 Society of Authors John Florio Prize for for the best translation from Italian and the 2024 American Literary Translator Association's Italian Prose in Translation Prize\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElsa Morante is one of the titans of twentieth-century literature--Natalia Ginzburg said she was the writer of her own generation that she most admired--and yet her work remains little known in the United States. Written during World War II, Morante's celebrated first novel, \u003ci\u003e Lies and Sorcery\u003c\/i\u003e, is in the grand tradition of Stendhal, Tolstoy, and Proust, spanning the lives of three generations of wildly eccentric women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story is set in Sicily and told by Elisa, orphaned young and raised by a \"fallen woman.\" For years Elisa has lived in an imaginary world of her own; now, however, her guardian has died, and the young woman feels that she must abandon her fantasy life to confront the truth of her family's tortured and dramatic history. Elisa is a seductive, if less than reliable, spinner of stories, and the reader is drawn into a tale of secrets, intrigue, and treachery, which, as it proceeds, is increasingly revealed to be an exploration of a legacy of political and social injustice. Throughout, Morante's elegant writing--and her drive to get at the heart of her characters' complex relationships and all-too self-destructive behavior--holds us spellbound.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Elsa Morante\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.55 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.7\" H x 5\" L x 1.6\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781681376844\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51812204773675,"sku":"9781681376844","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781681376844.jpg?v=1774700629","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/lies-and-sorcery-elsa-morante-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}