The first biography in any language of one of the most celebrated Italian writers of the twentieth century.Born in 1912 to an unconventional family of modest means, Elsa Morante grew up with an independent spirit, a formidable will, and an unshakable commitment to writing. Forced to hide from the Fa[...]
"'Ice' encompasses whole worlds, the landscape of the heart imposed upon the landscape of Antarctica."--"Kirkus Reviews" The elegantly conceived, intimate stories of "The House at Belle Fontaine" span the better part of the twentieth century and almost every continent, revealing apprehensions, passi[...]