num_pages: 384
description: On a small Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea there lives a boy as innocent as a seabird. Arturo's mother is dead; his father away. Black-clad women care for him, give him the freedom to come and go as he likes. Then the father returns with a new wife, Nunziata, a girl barely older than Arturo. At first hatred and contempt are all the boy feels for his stepmother. In time, Arturo and Nunziata re-create the tragedy and passion that are as old as the history of men and women.
language: English
title: Arturo's Island
titlecomplete: Arturo's Island
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, Coming Of Age, Italy, Womens, Italian Literature, Audiobook, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 10835
places: Procida, Italy
awards: awardedAt: -410198400000
name: Premio Strega
publisher: Zoland Books