- World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Fiction, historical, World war, 1939-1945, fiction
The central character in this powerful and unforgiving novel is Ida Mancuso, a schoolteacher whose husband has died and whose feckless teenage son treats the war as his playground.
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About the book
- Author
- Elsa Morante
- First published
- June 30, 2005
- Pages
- 630
- Publisher
- R. Piper and Co, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, LUMEN
- Editions
- 34
- Language
- cat, Italian, tur, German
- ISBN
- 9783492207478
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