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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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"There is, however, one real revelation in this book; it's not a personal but a literary one ..."
"I margini e il dettato is a book filled with suggestions and musings that try to extract the elusive meaning of writing ..."
"Although In the Margins may appeal most to Ferrante devotees like me eager to read about the ideas of fiction that led to novels like My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter, the book will draw in anyone curious about literature and its creation ..."
"It is not at all surprising to discover the title of 'Pain and Pen.' If we are correct in assuming that Ferrante's novels draw from her own life, it stands to reason that pain is a defining force."
"In this and in other works, Ferrante reminds us what a gift anonymity can be to the reader."
"The author's legions of fans are in for a treat."
"But for those of us whose Ferrante fever runs high, it is nothing short of a thrill to have light shed on her magic."
"Although a slim collection, there is more than enough meat here to nourish both the common reader and the Ferrante aficionado ..."
"wise and vigorous pieces ..."
"Ferrante also offers fresh and pragmatic analyses of literary greats ..."
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