{"product_id":"frantumaglia-a-writers-journey-9781609452926","title":"Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of the Year: Personal writings by the anonymous author who became a literary phenomenon with \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe writer known as Elena Ferrante has taken pains to hide her identity in the hope that readers would focus on her body of work. But in this volume, she invites us into Elena Ferrante's workshop and 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 the Neapolitan Novels, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling \"enduring masterpiece\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsisting of over twenty years of letters, essays, reflections, and interviews, it is a unique depiction of an author who embodies a consummate passion for writing. In these pages, Ferrante answers many of her readers' questions. She addresses her choice to stand aside and let her books live autonomous lives. She discusses her thoughts and concerns as her novels are being adapted into films. She talks about the challenge of finding concise answers to interview questions. She explains the joys and the struggles of writing, the anguish of composing a story only to discover that that story isn't good enough. She contemplates her relationship with psychoanalysis, with the cities she has lived in, with motherhood, with feminism, and with her childhood as a storehouse for memories, impressions, and fantasies. The result is a vibrant and intimate self-portrait of a writer at work. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Everyone should read anything with Ferrante's name on it.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609452926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Elena Ferrante","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661874983068,"sku":"9781609452926","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a191aae2-7d95-4585-8b2d-187aaf6f9054.jpg?v=1603900477","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/frantumaglia-a-writers-journey-9781609452926","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}