Published in 2015 (first published 2006)
140 pages
4 hours and 57 minutes
Elena Ferrante is one of Italy’s most important and acclaimed contemporary writers, author of The Days of Abandonment and Troubling Love. Her true identity is unknown.
What is this book about?
Elena Ferrante’s most compelling and perceptive meditation on womanhood and motherhood yet
Leda, a middle-aged divorcee, is alone for the first time in years when her daughters leave home to live with their father. Her initial, unexpected sense of liberty turns to ferocious introspection following a seemingly trivial occurrence. Throughout the novel, Ferrante’s language is as finely tuned and intense as ever, and she treats her theme with a fierce, candid tenacity.
