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A Novel (King Penguin S.)
Elsa Morante
ISBN: | 9780140077544 |
Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Published: | 25 July, 1985 |
Format: | Paperback |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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A Novel (King Penguin S.)
Elsa Morante
A soldier wandering through the streets of Rome resolves, rather drunkenly, that he must find himself a woman. It is Ida Mancuso's fate, at precisely that moment, to turn the corner of the street, laden with shopping. The soldier sees easy prey – but Ida confronts her nightmare vision. The year is 1941, the soldier is German and she is half-Jewish. Elsa Morante's brave novel evokes the real terrors...
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