Arturo's island : a novel /
"Follows the adolescent Arturo through his days on the isolated Neapolitan island of Procida, where -- his mother long deceased, his father often absent, and a dog as his sole companion -- he roams the countryside and the beaches or reads in his family's lonely, dilapidated mansion. This q...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English; translated from the Italian. |
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New York, NY :
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
[2019]
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| Summary: | "Follows the adolescent Arturo through his days on the isolated Neapolitan island of Procida, where -- his mother long deceased, his father often absent, and a dog as his sole companion -- he roams the countryside and the beaches or reads in his family's lonely, dilapidated mansion. This quiet, meandering existence is upended when his father brings home a beautiful sixteen-year-old bride, Nunziatella"-- The isolated Neapolitan island of Procida. His mother long deceased, his father often absent, and a dog as his sole companion, Arturo roams the countryside and the beaches or reads in his family's lonely, dilapidated mansion. This quiet, meandering existence is upended when his father brings home a sixteen-year-old bride, Nunziatella. Arturo's yearning for his naive stepmother leads to a slow fraying of family relationships.--Adapted from jacket. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | x, 370 pages ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781631493294 1631493299 |