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Lies and sorcery

Title
Lies and sorcery / Elsa Morante ; translated from the Italian by Jenny McPhee.
Author
Morante, Elsa, 1912-1985
Publication
New York, NY : New York Review Books, [2023]

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Additional Authors
McPhee, Jenny
Description
xiv, 775 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
"Though written at the end of the first half of the twentieth century this is essentially a nineteenth century novel written with a twentieth century sensibility. A few things give it away as a twentieth century novel - regular trains, even to remote rural areas, and a gramophone as well as the fact that, unlike most nineteenth century novels, none of the main characters survives unscarred. Indeed, most of them die, usually relatively unpleasant deaths. The other unusual feature is that there is no reference whatsoever to political events in the country. Napoleon is mentioned in passing but that is it"--
Series Statement
New York Review Books classics
Uniform Title
  • Menzogna e sortilegio. English
  • New York Review Books classics.
Alternative Title
Menzogna e sortilegio.
Subject
  • Families > Fiction
  • Family members
  • Families
  • Sicily (Italy) > Fiction
  • Italy > Sicily
Genre/Form
  • Novels.
  • Fiction.
Note
  • First published in Italian as "Menzogna e sortilegio" in 1948.
Call Number
JFD 24-125
ISBN
  • 9781681376844
  • 1681376849
  • 9781681376851 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2022010871
OCLC
1309891321
Author
Morante, Elsa, 1912-1985, author.
Title
Lies and sorcery / Elsa Morante ; translated from the Italian by Jenny McPhee.
Publisher
New York, NY : New York Review Books, [2023]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New York Review Books classics
New York Review Books classics.
Added Author
McPhee, Jenny, translator.
Other Form:
Online version: Morante, Elsa, 1912-1985 Lies and sorcery New York City : New York Review Books, [2022] 9781681376851 (DLC) 2022010872
Research Call Number
JFD 24-125
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