Elena Ferrante
Out of a stereotype of beauty, Elena Ferrante has created something beautiful
Is it possible to root a story entirely in a noxious stereotype, and still create something genuinely human — and genuinely good?
Will Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels Become TV’s Next ‘Game Of Thrones’?
“My Brilliant Friend” is neither as bloody nor as fantastical as its HBO predecessor.
HBO To Broadcast Series Based On Elena Ferrante’s ‘My Brilliant Friend’
Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels, a quartet beginning with “My Brilliant Friend,” are heading to television in a 32-part series.
Elena Ferrante Novels To Be Adapted For TV — By Director Of Film About Israeli Occupation
While the novels’ imminent adaptation for television was first announced in February, Costanzo’s involvement is new.
The Third Neapolitan Novel Ended How?! A (Spoiler-Filled) Reaction to Ferrante
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay: the best thus far.
Ferrante and the Freedom of the Jewish Woman Author
The greatest Jewish woman writer of all time has given no indication in her famous novels that she’s Jewish, and had even left it ambiguous (if not that ambiguous) whether she was even a woman.
How To Kill a Butterfly Like Elena Ferrante — or JT Leroy
Laura Albert, who has written novels under the name of JT Leroy, offers a brave and eloquent defense of Elena Ferrante and her alleged use of a pseudonym.
Is The Truth About Elena Ferrante In Her Name — Or Her Books?
An Italian journalist has allegedly outed “Elena Ferrante” as the daughter of a Jewish Holocaust survivor? Should the author’s identity matter? Or has journalism done her a disservice?
Widow of Italian Jewish Artist Denies She Is Mysterious Author Elena Ferrante
The widow of a Jewish artist and doctor has denied reports that she is a mysterious Italian author who writes under the pen name Elena Ferrante.
Geeking Out on Primo Levi — and Elena Ferrante — With a Master Translator
Primo Levi’s complete works have recently been republished in a massive three-volume set overseen by master translator Ann Goldstein. Joshua Furst and Goldstein talk Levi’s relationship with his Jewishness and the difficulties of the act of translation itself.