Arturo's Island - Elsa Morante 'So my mind sinks in

'So my mind sinks in this immensity:and foundering is sweet in such a sea'

Grossman's characters must work out their destinies in a world torn by ideological tyranny and war

Translator: Mara Feye Lethem

Guadalupe Nettel’s fourth novel

these eight stories will both entertain you

Arturo's Island - Elsa Morante 'So my mind sinks inYoung Arturo grows up in isolated freedom on an island in the Bay of Naples, roaming the hills with his dog, sailing and reading tales of mythical heroes. This idyll is shattered when his father returns home with a new wife, Nunziata. Barely older than Arturo, one of the only women he has ever met, she awakens his fierce longing for tenderness, a longing which draws the family towards a painful reckoning in this powerful story of disillusionment and