{"product_id":"9781805331971-arturos-island","title":"Arturo's Island","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unsurpassable' Elena Ferrante\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Timeless' John Banville\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoung 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Ann Goldstein.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElsa 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, \u003ci\u003eHouse of Liars\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1948 and won the Viareggio Prize. \u003ci\u003eArturo's Island\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1957, made her the first woman to win the Strega Prize, and in 1974 her novel \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e became a record-breaking bestseller and confirmed her reputation as one of the most important writers of twentieth-century Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnn Goldstein is a former \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e editor and has won prizes and accolades for her translations of Primo Levi and Elena Ferrante.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55351111582070,"sku":"9781805331971","price":9.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41163612_3b43ecf1-dc2c-4333-bbe5-87291e68a79c.jpg?v=1778128224","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781805331971-arturos-island","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}