Lies and Sorcery

An Italian master’s magnum opus about three generations of wildly eccentric women, now in the first-ever unabridged English translation

“[In Lies and Sorcery] I discovered that an entirely female story—entirely women’s desires and ideas and feelings—could be compelling and, at the same time, have great literary value.” —Elena Ferrante, author of My Brilliant Friend

Elsa Morante is one of the titans of 20th-century literature—Natalia Ginzburg said she was the writer of her own generation that ...