L'Isola DI Arturo: Romanzo (Gli Struzzi) (Italian Edition) [Paperback]

Elsa Morante (Author)

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Text: Italian

Product Details

• Paperback: 386 pages
• Publisher: Einaudi (1957)
• Language: Italian
• ISBN-10: 8806409077
• ISBN-13: 978-8806409074
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,306,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars stunning, December 23, 2000

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This review is from: L'Isola DI Arturo: Romanzo (Gli Struzzi) (Italian Edition) (Paperback)

L'isola di Arturo is a coming of age novel about Aurturo, a geographically isolated young man. It is also a novel about women's experiences in rural italy, love, idolatry, and awakenings. This is a novel that will stay with you, one of those you will think about years after you have read it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read it! It is Italian, human, gay, courageous, September 24, 2009

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This review is from: L'Isola DI Arturo: Romanzo (Gli Struzzi) (Italian Edition) (Paperback)

"L'Isola d'Arturo" is Elsa Morante's answer to Pasolini's and other male writers' tough tales. "Arthur's Island" tells a more tough tale with so much Italianità that the reader forgets that he is reading about gay love and incestuous passion. Where Pasolini tries to shock, and Moravia exposes bourgeois decadence, Morante pretends to simply tell (fictitious) small island reality, knowing that reality is more rich, and more shocking than fiction. A beautiful, wonderful, amazing book!