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Virtuosos of Self-Deception
Elsa Morante’s Lies and Sorcery, originally published in 1948, is a slippery, feverish, dreamlike book that refuses to adapt to the conventions of what a novel ought to be.
Lies and Sorcery
by Elsa Morante, translated from the Italian by Jenny McPhee
November 2, 2023 issue