Whether he meant to or not, Claudio Gatti created a line of demarcation only a few months ago. Did you read Elena Ferrante before the Italian journalist supposedly revealed the real author behind the pseudonym…
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The All-Consuming Ferrante Fever
Sigh. Where to begin? Elena Ferrante’s ‘Neapolitan Novels’ were the most engrossing, obsessive, fulfilling reading experience I’ve had in recent memory, maybe since Sweet Valley High Super Edition Perfect Summer came out in 1985. Only…
When ‘brilliant’ isn’t hyperbole
And there, languishing in my DNF folder on my Kindle, was what certainly would have been my Best Book of 2015, though only probably second-best book of 2014. (Dept. of Speculation, thanks for asking): My…