History by Elsa Morante
History by Elsa Morante. 1979 Bard edition, second printing, 691 pages. Morante was an Italian novelist and poet whom Elena Ferrante cites as a major influence on her work. History was a bestseller in Italy in the seventies when it was first published and features the story of a Jewish family after the second world war.
Condition: Reading copy
"They were, to tell the truth, poor Sunday anarchists, and this was the beginning and end of their subversive activities."
History by Elsa Morante. 1979 Bard edition, second printing, 691 pages. Morante was an Italian novelist and poet whom Elena Ferrante cites as a major influence on her work. History was a bestseller in Italy in the seventies when it was first published and features the story of a Jewish family after the second world war.
Condition: Reading copy
"They were, to tell the truth, poor Sunday anarchists, and this was the beginning and end of their subversive activities."