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moominmama_11's review
4.0
Fascinating insight into the works and mind of one of the most interesting authors of the last 25 years. I read her Neapolitan Quartet this year and was floored by its truth, humanity and seamless integration of many different aspects of Italian life and our flaws and strengths as humans, women, mothers.
Read this with care, there is a lot to learn from her thoughts on the literary process, culture, socialism, feminism etc.
Read this with care, there is a lot to learn from her thoughts on the literary process, culture, socialism, feminism etc.
belovedsnail's review against another edition
inspiring
slow-paced
3.5
I mostly read letters to get insight into the writer. Obviously not the case here, I still got a lot out of it, but very heavy going.
thebookbath's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Absolutely genius.
anitadisguised's review against another edition
4.0
"We know everything about the male symbol system; they, for the most part, know nothing about ours, above all about how it has been restructured by the blows the world has dealt us. What's more, they are not even curious, indeed they recognize us only from within their system."
charlotteregan's review against another edition
Let me say this again, Elena Ferrante is one of the greatest writers of our generation (if not the greatest). Reading Frantumaglia felt like taking a long, beautiful walk inside her brain and knowing what it meant for her to be a writer. Her writings on literature are just splendid. I felt another tremendous appreciation for her existence and her writing. 👏🏻
Also, she mentioned three of my favorite writers (Austen, Woolf, and Lispector) as women whom she finds “literary power” and I think that that’s just great because I LOVE all these authors.
Also, she mentioned three of my favorite writers (Austen, Woolf, and Lispector) as women whom she finds “literary power” and I think that that’s just great because I LOVE all these authors.
moumita's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Insightful.
red_rose_reads's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
rouennee's review against another edition
fast-paced
4.5
Una dichiarazione poetica in una forma e una ri-composizione del tutto nuova. L’unica cosa che mi sembra faccia da sottotono a questa raccolta è che forse troppo spesso la ferrante debolmente si difende dalle insinuazioni dei fan e soprattutto dei giornalisti riguardo il suo ostentato nascondersi e la sua identità, ma credo che questa ostinzazione faccia bene al contemporaneo. In opposizione alla fama di coloro che vengono eletti dalla società come “i più” (belli, ricchi, mostruosi, accettabili o meno secondo certi canoni), aggiungendo alla sua sovrastruttura sempre più privilegi insulsi che non guardano alle capacità ma alle apprenze, lei si manifesta nelle parole che più le apprtengono sottraendosi a questo gioco crudele che niente ha a che fare con la letteratura.
(Apprezzo molto questa raccolta, quindi, ma avrei preferito più interviste votate alla letteratura, come quelle di Lagioia che, per coincidenza, avevo in programma di leggere successivamente, piuttosto che le ripetitive interviste formali).
(Apprezzo molto questa raccolta, quindi, ma avrei preferito più interviste votate alla letteratura, come quelle di Lagioia che, per coincidenza, avevo in programma di leggere successivamente, piuttosto che le ripetitive interviste formali).