I'm really getting into the story and looking forward to the final instalment. I am finding Ferrante's perspective on gender relations and also the tension and intimacy between female friends fascinating. I'm enjoying the setting of the exploration of these topics in the context of crime and violenc...
Really enjoying the book. Getting a real sense of the trajectory of the two girls' lives, while staying true to the consistent themes in their relationship. It is also a great illustration of the socio-economic pressures and class divisions in Italian life at the time. Can't wait to finish the other...
The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante was out bookclub end of season read.In this Novella The narrator, a forty-seven-year-old divorcée summering alone on the Ionian coast, becomes obsessed with a beautiful young mother who seems ill at ease with her husband’s rowdy, slightly menacing Neapolitan clan....
The quintessential frenemy story. My Brilliant Friend popped up on my radar from a few directions and I was genuinely curious, and glad I checked it out. This book did two important things. One, it took me to a setting that was equal parts terrifying and romantic. Two, it upended the sweet-girl-frie...
No point writing much, considering how many people have already reviewed it. So I'll just say that I enjoyed it; Ferrante's account of all those first childhood emotions and insecurities reminded me of my childhood. Looking forward to reading the next volume.
I was eagerly awaiting this conclusion to the Neapolitan quartet, and it turned out to be all that I’d hoped. Now that it’s finished, I can wholeheartedly recommend the series to anyone, especially to women but also to men.Two things you should know right away. First, please don’t be put off by the ...
I first became interested in this book and series after reading an article in the New York Times Book Review that incorporated passages from the text(s). The portrait of friendship between women and no-nonsense yet elegant writing drew me in, and, after reading My Brilliant Friend, both remain my fa...
“I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me.” So said Virginia Woolf and this, the forging of identity in relationship, is very much the theme of Elena Ferrante’s compelling novel. Elena, the narrator of the novel, is in first grade when we first meet her. She li...
I purchased this book based on all the great reviews on the blogs I follow and decided to save it for vacation just knowing it was going to enjoy it thoroughly. The story of childhood friends Elena and Lila growing up in the 1950's in Naples, Italy tells of their ongoing competition they held thro...
This is a great series (or rather, a great book published in several volumes), and it only improves as it goes. In this third volume, Elena and Lila are both young women; Elena is now a published novelist engaged to her university classmate, while Lila begins the novel working in a sausage factory. ...
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