“[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 FerranteElsa Morante is one of the titans of twentieth-century literature—Natalia Ginzburg said she was the writer of her own generation that she most admired—and yet her work remains …
SAVE THE DATE: Nov. 9 An Event for Elsa Morante’s LIES AND SORCERY at NYU’s Casa Italiana with me, Ann Goldstein, and Franco Baldasso
Jenny McPhee 