Elena Ferrante
The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante audiobook review – faith and deceit
Marisa Tomei narrates this sensational coming-of-age tale set in Naples, in which a young girl unravels her family’s secrets
Fiona Sturges
20, Jan, 2023 @12:00 PM
The Lying Life of Adults review – another impeccable Elena Ferrante TV show
Netflix takes Ferrante’s coming-of-age tale about a bored teen and her brash, entrancing aunt and adds rocket fuel. They’re having a blast – and you will too
Rebecca Nicholson
05, Jan, 2023 @12:08 PM
The power of women: acclaimed Italian author Elena Ferrante on patriarchy and protest in Iran
The award-winning novelist talks to Shiva Akhavan Rad about the fight for equality in Iran
Shiva Akhavan Rad
26, Nov, 2022 @4:27 PM
The Guardian view on Annie Ernaux: a vintage Nobel winner | Editorial
Editorial: One of France’s finest writers has joined an all too select bunch of female laureates. And about time too
Editorial
07, Oct, 2022 @5:25 PM
Top 10 mirrored lives in fiction
From Oscar Wilde to Daisy Johnson, parallel lives – and what they say about choices and circumstance – have long been a source of fascination and inspiration for novelists
Alex Hyde
23, Mar, 2022 @3:37 PM
In the Margins by Elena Ferrante review – a window into the writer’s world
Four essays by the author of the Neapolitan Quartet reveal her struggles while developing her literary voice
Johanna Thomas-Corr
20, Mar, 2022 @9:00 AM
TV tonight: Steve Jones launches a property show with a twist
Channel 4’s new property series Perfect House, Secret Location. Plus: Joanna Lumley in a hot air balloon. Here’s what to watch this evening
Hollie Richardson, Henry Wong, Phil Harrison and Hannah Verdier
17, Mar, 2022 @6:20 AM
Top 10 novels about toxic friendships | Charlotte Northedge
Complex attachments mixing intimacy and deception can decide whole lives, and have inspired novelists from William Thackeray to Elena Ferrante
Charlotte Northedge
16, Mar, 2022 @12:00 PM
In the Margins by Elena Ferrante review – a portrait of the artist
The closest Ferrante has come to an articulation of why and how she writes
Katherine Hill
16, Mar, 2022 @7:30 AM
My Brilliant Friend review – this gorgeous drama is television at its best
Series three of this impeccably stylish adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novels is seductive, cinematic and weaves a spell unlike anything else
Rebecca Nicholson
10, Mar, 2022 @10:05 PM
TV tonight: Elena Ferrante beautifully unpacks friendship, class and privilege
The TV adaptation of My Brilliant Friend reaches Lenù and Lila’s friendship in 70s Italy. Plus: Crufts. Here’s what to watch this evening
Hollie Richardson, Graeme Virtue, Henry Wong and Jack Seale
10, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM
‘I felt different as a child. I was nearly mute’: Elena Ferrante in conversation with Elizabeth Strout
The author of the Neapolitan quartet and the Pulitzer prize-winning novelist discuss identity, ambition, truth – and the ‘convulsive’ urge to write
Elena Ferrante and Elizabeth Strout
05, Mar, 2022 @9:00 AM
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