A review by pronnnnch
Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey by Elena Ferrante

4.0

While I never actively wanted to reveal more about Elena Ferrante, this book made me more excited to read her other works! Ferrante’s ideas and thoughts are so smart, well thought of, that when I was reading this Ferrante felt like a character herself. By the end though the questions in the interviews got repetitive that I found myself annoyed at interviewers repeatedly asking about her choice to remain anonymous. I also skipped questions Ferrante answered in multiple interviews already. If you read The Days of Abandonment, Troubling Love and the Neopolitan Series I would recommend reading this. It doesn’t explicitly tell you how to interpret the texts (which for me, loses the personal journey of reading a book) but there’s a joy in seeing the author point out the intentionality of their writing.