Arturo's Island : A Novel

Arturos father leaves him on an island in the care of women who run the house and allow him to come and go. When his father returns with a new wife barely older than his son, Arturo responds with contempt. But soon his anger is replaced by emotions he does not understand. A masterpiece. Alfred Kazin Morante is a storyteller who spellbinds. The New York Review of Books