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A gem of contemporary literature by the great Elena Ferrante, the author who has captivated more than 20 million readers in 42 countries and is the greatest enigma in current literature. "Ferrante is a born storyteller, as extraordinary and addictive as my also adored John Ir...
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A gem of contemporary literature by the great Elena Ferrante, the author who has captivated more than 20 million readers in 42 countries and is the greatest enigma in current literature. "Ferrante is a born storyteller, as extraordinary and addictive as my also adored John Irving, a classic writer in the wonderful sense of the word." One morning an elderly woman is found drowned in the sea, dressed only in a lace bra. It will be Delia, her daughter, who will have to reconstruct the old story behind what happened. In a frantic search that oscillates between reality and the tortuous paths of memory, Delia travels through Naples again, her hometown, reliving a past she tried to forget, but it returns and hurts. In a debut novel acclaimed by the public and critics, Elena Ferrante traps us among hostile and suffocating streets that smell of coffee, sweat, of moments when a well-told lie changed the meaning of life for that woman who has now only left a lace garment as a testament to her resentment. Delia thinks, remembers, searches, knowing very well that there are bonds between mothers and daughters that even death cannot break. Critics have said: "I have read all her books and I find them surprisingly truthful. She is an author who tells the truth, who is honest with feelings that we have all had but do not even dare to think or articulate." "Ferrante's characters are reminiscent of Russian dolls, each containing another doll, then another, until the last, the most enigmatic." "The best thing is to accept the game as the author presents it: what matters is not her face, nor the details of her life. What matters is her literature, stripped of everything that is not the text itself." "It's hard to disappoint. But Ferrante skillfully handles the elements that make her strong and that she enhances in her wonderful narrative." "On my nightstand are Virginia Woolf's diaries, Chekhov's short stories, and Elena Ferrante's novels." "I am a fan of her novels, which delve into the details of friendship as women understand it." "Whenever I enjoy a book, I give it as a gift, and now I would choose one of Elena Ferrante's novels." "She has captivated me. She has made a great impact on me." "Elena Ferrante's novels have kept me tied to my armchair, reading and celebrating pages where emotion is never trivial." "When a reader enters these pages, she begins to feel things she has lived, suffered, enjoyed, and she feels them told for the first time from another place, far from clichés, ideology, militancy." "I started with My Brilliant Friend and I couldn't stop reading, thinking about the novel." "The most transcendent revelation of European narrative in the last quarter century." |
Editorial: DEBOLSILLO Fecha de publicación: Páginas: 168 Empastado: Tapa Blanda Idioma: Español |
