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Elsa 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. Her first novel, House of Liars, was published in 1948 and won the Viareggio Prize. She went on to become one of Italy's most lauded writers, winning further prizes and commercial success with her next two novels, Arturo's Island (1957) and History (1974). She died of a heart attack in Rome in 1985.I deeply love the works of Elsa Morante... I try to learn from her books, but I find them unsurpassable
Elena Ferrante
This lovely translation... will hopefully go a long way toward re-establishing Morante's reputation among English-speaking readers. It's a magnificent novel, breathtaking in its psychological acuity... By turns devastating and otherworldly, Morante's novel is a classic, and Goldstein's new translation should return to it the attention it deserves
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Goldstein captures the blustery voice of an adolescent boy... Morante's style is well-suited to the adolescent narrator who, marooned on an island, experiences particularly intense bouts of enchantment and disillusionment, making for a captivating novel
Publishers Weekly
[Arturo's Island] is wonderfully rich... The genius of Elsa Morante's book is its investigation of the relationship between beauty and power... The whole novel presents itself as an enchantment that seizes the reader's mind
- Tim Parks, New Statesman
A storyteller who spellbinds
- Stephen Spender, New York Review of Books
Elsa Morante brings to her tale an almost Greek sense of fated inevitability... timeless
John Banville