History (novel)
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History: A Novel | |
Author | Elsa Morante |
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Original title | La Storia |
Translator | William Weaver |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Publisher | Giulio Einaudi Editore |
Publication date | 1974 |
History: A Novel (Italian: La Storia) is a novel by Italian author Elsa Morante, largely seen to be her most famous and controversial work. Published in 1974, it narrates the story of a woman, Ida Ramundo, and her two sons Antonio (called "Nino") and Giuseppe ("Useppe") in Rome, during and immediately after the Second World War.
A motion picture based on that novel, directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Claudia Cardinale, was produced in 1986.