{"product_id":"in-the-margins-elena-ferrante-9781609457372","title":"In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF 2022 (\u003cem\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFour new and revelatory essays by the author of \u003cem\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2020, Claire Luchette in \u003cem\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e described the beloved Italian novelist Elena Ferrante as \"an oracle among authors.\" Here, in these four crisp essays, Ferrante offers a rare look at the origins of her literary powers. She writes about her influences, her struggles, and her formation as both a reader and a writer; she describes the perils of \"bad language\" and suggests ways in which it has long excluded women's truth; she proposes a choral fusion of feminine talent as she brilliantly discourses on the work of Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, Ingeborg Bachmann, and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is a subtle yet candid book by \"one of the great novelists of our time\" about adventures in literature, both in and out of the margins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Everyone should read everything with Elena Ferrante's name on it.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elena Ferrante\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609457374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609457372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/11\/2022 pg. 1","brand":"Elena Ferrante","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053935161599,"sku":"9781609457372","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d405efdf-34eb-4e7f-8d78-4fdd6b15117e.jpg?v=1685027072","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-margins-elena-ferrante-9781609457372","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}