Frantumaglia: A Writer’s Journey pdf

Ferrante is the pseudonym of an Italian writer, who has written several novels, the most famous of which is her Neapolitan quartet. The Neapolitan quartet tells the story of two intelligent girls born in Naples in 1944 who try to create a future in a milieu fueled by violence and dominated by patriarchal culture. The quartet consists of My Amazing Girlfriend (2012). A New Name Tale (2013). The Fugitives and the Remainers (2014). and The Tale of the Lost Child (2015), which was nominated for the Strega Prize.

Frantumaglia: A Writer’s Journey pdf by Elena Ferrante

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 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.