Frantumaglia a writer's journey
"This book invites readers into Elena Ferrante's workshop. It offers a glimpse into the drawers of her writing desk, those drawers from which emerged her three early standalone novels and the four installments of My Brilliant Friend, known in English as the Neapolitan Quartet. Consisting of over 20...
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New York, N.Y. :
Europa Editions,
2016.
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'I've already done enough for this long story: I wrote it. If the book is worth anything, that should be sufficient...I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors. If they have something to say, they will sooner or later find readers; if not, they won't.'
'When one writes truthfully, the ties most at risk are precisely the close ones, of blood, of love, of friendship.'
'The labor of writing touches every point of the body. When the book is finished, it's as if you had been rudely searched, and you desire only to regain integrity...'
'The need for love is the central experience of our existence. However foolish it may seem, we feel truly alive only when we have an arrow in our side that we drag around night and day, everywhere we go.'
'Someone who truly loves literature is like a person of faith.' Excerpted from Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey by Elena Ferrante All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
