Arturo's Island - Elsa Morante But a chance encounter with

But a chance encounter with a literary idol and his new work – a novel that can be read in random order – sends Horatio’s mind into further confusion

Translator: Mara Feye Lethem

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Arturo's Island - Elsa Morante But a chance encounter withYoung 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