Chapter and verse
Mar 25, 2022
3 minutes
By Katherine Hill
For 30 years, the Italian novelist Elena Ferrante has been publishing pseudonymously. “I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors,” she wrote to her publisher in 1991.
Initially, this seemed to mean that Ferrante would not comment on her work. Too bad the books were so good, and – in the case of the Neapolitan quartet, the saga of Lila and Lenù’s lifelong friendship – phenomenally successful.
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days