Frantumaglia
A Writer's Journey
Elena Ferrante
- One
- of
- The
- Guardian’s
- Best
- Books
- of
- the
- Year:
- Personal
- writings
- by
- the
- anonymous
- author
- who
- became
- a
- literary
- phenomenon
- with
- My
- Brilliant
- Friend.The
- writer
- known
- as
- Elena
- Ferrante
- has
- taken
- pains
- to
- hide
- her
- identity
- in
- the
- hope
- that
- readers
- would
- focus
- on
- her
- body
- of
- work.
- But
- in
- this
- volume,
- she
- invites
- us
- into
- Elena
- Ferrante’s
- workshop
- and
- offers
- a
- glimpse
- into
- the
- drawers
- of
- her
- writing
- desk—those
- drawers
- from
- which
- emerged
- her
- three
- early
- standalone
- novels
- and
- the
- four
- installments
- of
- the
- Neapolitan
- Novels,
- the
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- “enduring
- masterpiece”
- (The
- Atlantic).Consisting
- of
- over
- twenty
- years
- of
- letters,
- essays,
- reflections,
- and
- interviews,
- it
- is
- a
- unique
- depiction
- of
- an
- author
- who
- embodies
- a
- consummate
- passion
- for
- writing.
- In
- these
- pages,
- Ferrante
- answers
- many
- of
- her
- readers’
- questions.
- She
- addresses
- her
- choice
- to
- stand
- aside
- and
- let
- her
- books
- live
- autonomous
- lives.
- She
- discusses
- her
- thoughts
- and
- concerns
- as
- her
- novels
- are
- being
- adapted
- into
- films.
- She
- talks
- about
- the
- challenge
- of
- finding
- concise
- answers
- to
- interview
- questions.
- She
- explains
- the
- joys
- and
- the
- struggles
- of
- writing,
- the
- anguish
- of
- composing
- a
- story
- only
- to
- discover
- that
- that
- story
- isn’t
- good
- enough.
- She
- contemplates
- her
- relationship
- with
- psychoanalysis,
- with
- the
- cities
- she
- has
- lived
- in,
- with
- motherhood,
- with
- feminism,
- and
- with
- her
- childhood
- as
- a
- storehouse
- for
- memories,
- impressions,
- and
- fantasies.
- The
- result
- is
- a
- vibrant
- and
- intimate
- self-portrait
- of
- a
- writer
- at
- work.“Everyone
- should
- read
- anything
- with
- Ferrante’s
- name
- on
- it.”
- —The
- Boston Globe
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