Arturo’s Island (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Elsa Morante
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The late 1930’s
- Setting: The island of Procida, near Naples
- Principal Characters: Arturo Gerace, Wilhelm Gerace, Nunziata
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Memory, Sex or sexuality, Sin or Original sin, 1920’s, 1930’s, Islands, Imagination, Italy or Italians, Stepfamily
- Locales: Islands, Naples, Italy
The Novel
Arturo’s Island, written in the first person, is the narration by Arturo Gerace, now an adult, of his memories of his childhood on the island of Procida. His memories are a clear, vivid, detailed, and sometimes agonizing account of his adolescent experiences and adventures. At the same time, they reveal the young boy’s dreams and fantasies, his love for his father and for a mother he never knew, his absolute faith in his ability to live independently, and his difficult transition from adolescence to adulthood, from a fantasy world to the real...
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