by Elsa Morante · Circulo De Lectores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422639817
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«La historia» is the novel by Elsa Morante, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (805 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Rome during the Nazi occupation in World War II, it follows Ida Ramundo, a widowed schoolteacher, and her two sons, Nino and Useppe, as they struggle to survive. Nino moves from the Fascist youth groups to the Resistance, and Useppe is the result of a rape suffered by Ida. A novel about innocence, motherhood and the brutality of war.
Spanish-language edition of the original Italian novel «La storia», published in 1974 and translated by Esther Benítez. It has 805 pages.
For readers of contemporary European fiction interested in 20th-century Italian literature and in accounts of war seen from the civilian population.
