{"product_id":"lies-and-sorcery-paperback","title":"Lies and Sorcery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElsa Morante\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJenny McPhee\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Italian master's magnum opus about three generations of women, now in the first-ever unabridged English translation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElsa Morante is one of the titans of twentieth-century literature--Natalia Ginzburg said she was the writer of her own generation that she most admired--and yet her work remains little known in the United States. Written during World War II, Morante's celebrated first novel, \u003ci\u003e Lies and Sorcery\u003c\/i\u003e, is in the grand tradition of Stendhal, Tolstoy, and Proust, spanning the lives of three generations of wildly eccentric women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story is set in Sicily and told by Elisa, orphaned young and raised by a \"fallen woman.\" For years Elisa has lived in an imaginary world of her own; now, however, her guardian has died, and the young woman feels that she must abandon her fantasy life to confront the truth of her family's tortured and dramatic history. Elisa is a seductive, if less than reliable, spinner of stories, and the reader is drawn into a tale of secrets, intrigue, and treachery, which, as it proceeds, is increasingly revealed to be an exploration of a legacy of political and social injustice. Throughout, Morante's elegant writing--and her drive to get at the heart of her characters' complex relationships and all-too self-destructive behavior--holds us spellbound.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElsa Morante\u003c\/b\u003e (1912-1985) was an Italian novelist, poet, and translator. She was born in Rome and lived there nearly all her life. In 1941, she published her first collection of stories and married the novelist Alberto Moravia. Morante is best known for her novels \u003ci\u003eArturo's Island\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Storia\u003c\/i\u003e. For her work, she was awarded both the Viareggio Prize and the Strega Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJenny McPhee\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator and the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Center of Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo Ordinary Matter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Man of No Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. For NYRB Classics she translted Curzio Malaparte's \u003ci\u003eThe Kremlin Ball\u003c\/i\u003e and Natalia Ginzburg's \u003ci\u003eFamily Lexicon\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the director for the Center of Applied Liberal Arts at New York University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 800\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44328763293798,"sku":"9781681376844","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ELmYTqc6HM9781681376844.webp?v=1768323055","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/lies-and-sorcery-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}