Incidental Inventions
Elena Ferrante
- “Fifty-one
- columns,
- short
- in
- length
- but
- long
- on
- wisdom”
- from
- the
- bestselling
- author
- of
- My
- Brilliant
- Friend,
- an
- HBO
- original
- series
- (Minneapolis
- Star-Tribune).Collected
- here
- for
- the
- first
- time
- are
- the
- seeds
- of
- future
- novels,
- the
- timely
- reflections
- of
- this
- internationally
- beloved
- storyteller,
- the
- abiding
- preoccupations
- of
- a
- writer
- who
- has
- been
- called
- “one
- of
- the
- great
- novelists
- of
- our
- time”
- (The
- New
- York
- Times).“This
- is
- my
- last
- column,
- after
- a
- year
- that
- has
- scared
- and
- inspired
- me
- .
- .
- .
- I
- have
- written
- as
- an
- author
- of
- novels,
- taking
- on
- matters
- that
- are
- important
- to
- me
- and
- that—if
- I
- have
- the
- will
- and
- the
- time—I’d
- like
- to
- develop
- within
- real
- narrative
- mechanisms.”With
- these
- words,
- Elena
- Ferrante
- bid
- farewell
- to
- her
- year-long
- collaboration
- with
- the
- Guardian
- newspaper.
- For
- a
- full
- year,
- she
- wrote
- weekly
- articles,
- the
- subjects
- of
- which
- had
- been
- suggested
- by
- Guardian
- editors,
- making
- the
- writing
- process
- a
- sort
- of
- prolonged
- interlocution.
- The
- subjects
- ranged
- from
- first
- love
- to
- climate
- change,
- from
- enmity
- among
- women
- to
- the
- experience
- of
- seeing
- her
- novels
- adapted
- for
- film
- and
- TV.Translated
- by
- Ann
- Goldstein,
- the
- acclaimed
- translator
- of
- Ferrante’s
- novels,
- and
- accompanied
- by
- Andrea
- Ucini’s
- intelligent,
- witty,
- and
- beautiful
- illustrations,
- this
- volume
- is
- a
- must
- for
- all
- curious
- readers.“A
- masterclass
- in
- style:
- direct
- and
- clear
- and
- all
- the
- more
- resonant
- for
- it.”
- —The
- Saturday
- Paper“If
- you
- are
- interested
- in
- the
- experience
- of
- having
- a
- drink
- with
- the
- author
- and
- listening
- to
- her
- muse
- on
- various
- subjects
- .
- .
- .
- here’s
- your
- answer.” —Vulture
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