Elena Ferrante

Elena Ferrante is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels are among her best known works.

Works

Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted

After her boyfriend ends their relationship, the dreamself of a heartbroken woman floats through the air over an industrial wasteland singing ballads of love.

Release Date1990-09-01

Charactersd Chorus Girl

Vote Count42

My Brilliant Friend

When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship.

Release Date2018-11-27

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count34

Vote Count230

The Lost Daughter

A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.

Release Date2021-12-15

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1099

The Lying Life of Adults

Young Giovanna navigates her passage from childhood into adolescence as she experiences the different sides of Naples during the 1990s. A girl in search of her true reflection in a divided Naples: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity.

Release Date2023-01-04

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count6

Vote Count87

Troubling Love

When her elderly mother is found dead under sordid circumstances, Delia returns to her native Naples for the first time in years to attend the funeral. Trying to piece together her estranged parent's secret life, she'll face the hidden memories that shaped her family history.

Release Date1995-04-12

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count34

The Days of Abandonment

Olga's life is shattered when her husband leaves her. This makes her fall into a period of self-degradation and self-destructive behaviors.

Release Date2005-09-16

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count40

The Days of Abandonment

It follows Olga, a writer forced to give up her artistic ambitions when her husband suddenly leaves her and their two young daughters.

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel