by Elsa Morante · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806138387
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«L'isola di Arturo» is the novel by Elsa Morante, published by Einaudi in paperback, in Italian.
Arturo grows up on the island of Procida, in a ruined mansion with his father, whom he admires and whose long absences he endures. His solitary childhood, spent between the boat, the dog and dreams of adventure, is shattered when his father brings home a young wife. The novel portrays the awakening to life, the loss of innocence and the passage into the adult world.
Italian edition in the Einaudi Tascabili collection, with an introduction by Cesare Garboli. Published in 1995.
For readers of twentieth-century Italian fiction and coming-of-age novels, with a deep look at adolescence and identity.
