Woman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante
New York: Harper Collins, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #004487
First edition stated, full number line. Black paper boards. 263 pp., [1 p. acknowledgements]. [16] pp. B&W photo plates. Near fine condition. Elsa Morante was a celebrated author who was forced to flee occupied Rome during World War II to hide out in a mountain hut with her husband, writer Alberto Moravia, as both were half Jewish and wanted by the Fascists. Tuck's elegant and unusual biography also evokes the heady time during the postwar years when Rome was the film capital of the world.
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