Elena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (Europa,
2005), Troubling Love (Europa, 2006), The Lost Daughter (Europa,
2008), and the four novels known as the Neapolitan Quartet (My
Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and
Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child) which were
published by Europa Editions between 2012 and 2015. My Brilliant
Friend, the HBO series directed by Saverio Costanzo, premiered in
2018. Ferrante is also the author of Frantumaglia: A Writer’s
Journey (Europa, 2016), a children’s picture book illustrated by
Mara Cerri, The Beach at Night (Europa, 2016), and a collection of
personal essays illustrated by Andrea Ucini entitled Incidental
Inventions (Europa, 2019). The Lost Daughter was made into a
feature film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Olivia
Colman. Her most recent novel is The Lying Life of Adults (Europa,
2020). In the Margins, a collection of original essays on reading
and writing, was published by Europa in 2022.
Ann Goldstein has translated into English all of Elena Ferrante’s
books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Lying Life of
Adults and The Story of the Lost Child, which was also shortlisted
for the Booker International Prize. She has been honored with a
Guggenheim Fellowship and is the recipient of the PEN Renato
Poggioli Translation Award. She lives in New York.
"A celebration of the life of the novel and a manifesto for the
death of the author."
*The Spectator*
"An absorbing, tantalising journey into the private world of Elena
Ferrante."
*The Guardian (Books of the Year 2016)*
"These fragments offer fascinating insights into Ferrante’s working
methods and artistic purpose."
*The TLS (Books of the Year 2016)*
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