{"product_id":"lies-and-sorcery","title":"Lies and Sorcery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first unabridged English translation of the electrifying novel of secrets and delusions, from one of the greatest Italian writers of the twentieth century. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElisa – orphaned as a child, raised by a ‘fallen woman’, fed by fairy tales – has lived in an outlandish imaginary world for years. When her guardian dies, she feels compelled to confront her family’s tortured and dramatic past, weaving the tale of her mother and grandmother through a history of intrigue, treachery, deception and desire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut as her saga of three generations of Sicilian women proceeds, it becomes something else entirely, taking in a whole legacy of oppression and injustice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy turns flamboyant and intense, raging and funny, \u003cem\u003eLies and Sorcery\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of the female imagination, and the power of storytelling itself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1948, Elsa Morante’s debut novel won the Viareggio Prize and earned her the lasting admiration of generations of writers from Italo Calvino and Natalia Ginzburg to Elena Ferrante.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by Jenny McPhee.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Alta 2024 Italian Prose in Translation Award, Shortlisted for the John Florio Prize, Longlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elsa Morante","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55030050390403,"sku":"9780241711194","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-1520.png?v=1738761416","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/lies-and-sorcery","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}