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History A Novel by Elsa Morante, 1977

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Book Title: History A Novel

Author: Elsa Morante

Illustrator: James Campbell

Publisher: The Franklin Library, PA

Date: 1977

Part of the First Edition Society series

Red leather binding with gilt design

Elsa Morante was an Italian novelist born in 1912. Her novel "La Storia", or "History: A Novel", is her best known work, narrating the story of a part Jewish mother and her sons during and after World War II.

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