In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing -- Elena Ferrante

<p><strong>A NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER</strong></p><br><p><strong>A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022</strong></p><br><p><strong>Four new and revelatory essays by the author of <em>My Brilliant Friend</em> and <em>The Lost Daughter</em>.</strong></p><br><p>In 2020, Claire Luchette in <em>O, The Oprah Magazine</em> 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.</p><br><p>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.</p><br><p><strong>"Everyone should read everything with Elena Ferrante's name on it."</strong>--<em>The Boston Globe</em></p><br><br><br><b>Author:</b> Elena Ferrante<br><b>Publisher:</b> Europa Editions<br><b>Published:</b> 03/15/2022<br><b>Pages:</b> 112<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.55lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.60d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781609457372<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Kirkus Reviews</i> 01/01/2022<br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 01