Books by Elena Ferrante
Found 6 books
6. Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults . The last quarter of the book closes strong, so my final assessment is enthusiastic, even if it isn’t in the exalted league of her Neapolitan quadrology. It will probably be better upon a rereading, which I will do.
They have been so stingy with advance review copies that there are still no Amazon reviews .
Elena Ferrante, Frantumaglia . A revealing mismash look into the mind of the author, giving you an integrated picture of her world view, with carefully calculated feints thrown in. I should note this one works only if you know and love her novels already. Ferrante’s “children’s” story The Beach at Night is also worthwhile, very dark, you can read it in a small number of minutes. Here is a good NYT review .
4. Elena Ferrante, Frantumaglia . A revealing look into the mind of the author, but this one works only if you know and love her novels already. Ferrante’s “children’s” story The Beach at Night is worthwhile, very dark, you can read it in a small number of minutes. Here is a good NYT review .
Elena Ferrante, volume four, The Story of the Lost Child . See my various posts about her series here , one of the prime literary achievements of the last twenty years.
3. Elena Ferrante, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay . Volume three of the Neapolitan quadrology, these novels are getting better and better and stand as one of the major literary achievements of the last decade.
4. Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend . This writer has been called a “female Neapolitan Knausgaard,” arguably a deliberate oxymoron. It took me my second read through to “get it,” which I suppose means I am not the natural target audience. But I am very glad I gave it that second read, and this is in fact the female Neapolitan Knausgaard, in four volumes by the way.
5. Elena Ferrante, The Lost Daughter . Translated from the Italian, this short novel is one of my favorite fictional works of the year; it is a favorite of Bookslut (and others ) as well.