First published in the Paris Review in three parts, one of which was selected for a National Magazine Award and another for the O. Henry Prize, In a Strange Room has recently been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
In this collection of writings Elena Ferrante addresses her unwavering decision to remain anonymous, her literary inspirations, Italian politics and culture, and the role of the writer (and the publisher) in modern society.
A tangled web of jealousy and missed opportunity ensnares the three principal characters in this fictionalized account which follows the theatrical production of Thomas Hardy's acclaimed novel: Tess of the D’Urbervilles.
Mathilde is an art school dropout. Yann is an unemployed university graduate. When unexpected events disrupt their mundane lives, both throw caution to the wind and decide to change everything.
It is the moment every twenty-something must confront: the time to grow up. Adulthood looms, with all its numbing tranquility and stifling complacency. The end of prolonged adolescence is near
This fourth and final of Elena Ferrante's renowned Neapolitan Novels follows the concluding chapter in the moving and turbulent friendship of Elena and Lila.
2015, pp. 408, $ 18.00 Region: Italy Book collection: World Noir
In this new installment in the Commissario Ricciardi series, a renowned surgeon falls to his death from his office window setting off an investigation that will bring Ricciardi into contact with the most torrid, conflicting, and enduring of human passions.