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The debut novel from the author of My Brilliant Friend in a brand-new edition
Following her mother’s untimely death, Delia sets off on a breath-taking odyssey through the chaotic, suffocating streets of her native Naples in search of the truth about her family.
Reality is buried in the fertile soil of memory, and Delia digs deep to reconcile the past with the mysterious events leading up to her mother’s death. Spurred by a series of anonymous phone calls, Delia reconstructs her mother’s final days and with every new discovery must face the possibility that her mother was not at all the person Delia believed her to be. To learn the truth and to untangle the knot of lies, passions and memories that bind mother and daughter, Delia must return to the Naples of her childhood.
Editore : Europa Editions (UK) Ltd; 1° edizione (13 ottobre 2022)
Lingua : Inglese
Copertina flessibile : 139 pagine
ISBN-10 : 1787704661
ISBN-13 : 978-1787704664
Peso articolo : 100 g
Dimensioni : 12.9 x 0.79 x 19.81 cm
Jerome –
You ever encounter an author and recognize immediately you have to read everything they’ve written? Astounding storytelling, riveting page-turning drama and suspense, unforgettable fascinating characters, narration and atmosphere. Somewhere between Gillian Flynn, James Cain or Jim Thompson, Kafka or Camus, but entirely her own disturbing creature, it’s no wonder Elena Ferrante has spawned some of the strongest film and television adaptations of the decade in recent years, each of which is highly worth familiarizing yourself with too if you have not had the pleasure. So looking forward to immersing myself in impressive body of work, aren’t many authors working today who can do anything approaching what is accomplished between these covers. Highly recommend acquainting yourself with Ferrante’s unique style and jarring scenarios, haunting casts of characters.
pickypicky –
While I thought the book was super well written and fascinating, I was perplexed at times, probably because I couldn’t relate to some of the situations explored in the story. The male characters are just horrible…
Karen Jeffries –
I read this book for college. Elena Ferrante is a great writer – very thought provoking.
Marie L. –
Tres mediocre compare surtout a ses quatre livres que j’avais lu auparavant sur la vie de ces deux amies ! La je me suis purement ennuyée !
Dr. T. J. Hannan –
I Trembling Love first. this was one of the few books that I have read (as a Palliative Care physician) that illustrates in words the sensual and visual images that remain with the living following the death of a loved one by any process. Be it disease or suicide. Many people are too afraid to talk about ‘seeing the loved one’ after death because they will be considered crazy or mad. The vivid portrayal of the events in this book suggest the author has an intimate knowledge of these experiences and as Ferrante herself states, “it is allin the words, I do njot have to be known” (paraphrase)