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Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey

✍ Scribed by Ferrante, Elena

Book ID: 108991011
Publisher: Europa
Year: 2016
Tongue: en-US
Weight: 215 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9781609453046

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

From the author of My Brilliant Friend
This book invites readers into Elena Ferrante's workshop. It 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 My Brilliant Friend, known in English as the Neapolitan Quartet. Consisting of over 20 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...

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