Elsa Morante
Books by Elsa Morante
Arturo’s Island
by Elsa Morante
It reads almost as a fairy tale at the beginning and it becomes quite a terrifying psychological reality as the book proceeds. It’s a brilliant book
Menzogna e sortilegio (House of Liars)
by Elsa Morante
It is considered a modern Italian classic, about a young girl who falls in love with her cousin, but it is a mixture of imagination of ghosts and of reality. It is a strange book, almost surrealist.
Interviews where books by Elsa Morante were recommended
The Best Italian Novels, recommended by Tim Parks
In the decades following Italian unification, its authors started writing in the new common language: Italian. Italy-based novelist Tim Parks introduces us to some of the best novels by some of Italy’s greatest writers.
