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In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing
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Four new and revelatory essays by the author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter In 2020, Claire Luchette in O, The Oprah Magazine described the beloved Italian novelist Elena Ferrante as "an oracle among authors." Here, in these four crisp essays, Ferrante offers a rare look at the origins of her literary powers. She writes about her influences, her struggles, and her formation as both a reader and a writer; she describes the perils of "bad language" and suggests ways in which it has long excluded women's truth; she proposes a choral fusion of feminine talent as she brilliantly discourses on the work of Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, Ingeborg Bachmann, and many others. Here is a subtle yet candid book by "one of the great novelists of our time" about adventures in literature, both in and out of the margins.
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"I margini e il dettato is a book filled with suggestions and musings that try to extract the elusive meaning of writing ..."
"This brief book provides a vivid and concise introduction to effective writing for students and professionals alike, as well as intimate insight into Ferrante's thinking that will be deeply appreciated by her legions of fans."
"While each essay in the collection engages its own topic, all four cohere along this thematic through-line, offering critical insight into the question of how one can 'learn to use with freedom the cage we're shut up in.'"
"Although a slim collection, there is more than enough meat here to nourish both the common reader and the Ferrante aficionado ..."
"How refreshing to access words without fighting through the obscuring fog of a 'brand' ..."
"Despite her determination to keep her identity secret, Ferrante drops clues in these essays, implying an author whose cultured background has shaped her writing."
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